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Nigeria links own police, military personnel to terrorism, banditry

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One of the villages deserted by residents in the aftermath of attacks by fleeing bandits. PHOTO | COURTESY 

By  Mohammed Momoh

Contributor based in Abuja, Nigeria

Nation Media Group

Abuja, 

The authorities in Nigeria have revealed that some police and military personnel are complicit in the terrorism and banditry that have swept the country and killed more than 120,000 people since 2009.

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