Nigeria to Use Ground-Breaking Technology to Track Down Boko Haram Terrorists

 

Nigeria is set to establish a Deoxyribonucleic Acid DNA data-bank that would make it very easy to track down terrorists.  According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this in Abuja on Saturday.

 

"We have within the country nearly 2 million internally displaced persons, a real tragedy which we have to address," he told reporters.

"We also have about 6,000 children under the age of five who are separated from their parents and homes. We have to look at how to address that human catastrophe," he added.

 

"What we are looking at is the use of DNA to try and match those children with parents. The DNA data-bank is really what we are looking at. And we could ultimately extend the data-bank to the whole country because we know that for a lot of countries, it is through their comprehensive DNA data-bank that they use in tracking terrorists and that is also going to help us in intelligence gathering," the minister said.

 

According to him, summit would also establish a post-conflict development programme to help in the reconstruction, rehabilitation and resettlement of the IDPs.