President
Muhammadu Buhari has directed that all military checkpoints across Nigeria be
dismantled immediately, the News Agency of Nigeria quoted the Permanent
Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Aliyu Ismail, as saying.
Details
of the directive are still being awaited, and it is unclear whether checkpoints
in states in the North-east, set up in the wake of the Boko Haram insurgency,
would also be removed.
Military
checkpoints multiplied across Nigeria after the insurgency intensified, causing
terrible traffic snarls and subjecting commuters to untold hardship.
However,
security experts repeatedly argued that it was better for Nigerians to bear the
inconveniences caused by military checkpoints than allow Boko Haram insurgents
free passages to targets in cities.
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