El-Rufai accuses FG of empowering bandits, ONSA dismisses allegations as baseless Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai and the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) are in a heated dispute regarding the federal government's approach to insecurity in northern Nigeria. Speaking on Channels Television, El-Rufai accused the Tinubu administration of "empowering bandits" by allegedly paying them monthly allowances and providing them with food under a "non-kinetic engagement" policy. He called this a "kiss-the-bandits" policy and stated, "What I will not do is to pay bandits, give them a monthly allowance,...