“It is outrageous that in many parts of the North, bandits walk around openly carrying AK-47 rifles without being challenged by any security agent”. Quote from the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, during the 4th Quarterly meeting of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council, in the Federal Capital City, Abuja. For more than a decade, Nigeria has been caught up in a ”Great Debate” over profound issues on National Security policy. The range of debate has varied, perhaps even unique in several respects. It has been sustained for a longer period over...