President Muhammadu Buhari has charged the military to identify and eliminate bandits responsible for the incessant killings in the country.
Expressing confidence in the capabilities of the military in securing the nation, Buhari said, “I don’t think you should spare any bandit.”
According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu in Abuja on Saturday, the President gave the order while addressing 15 officers and 160 soldiers of the 17th Army Brigade and Nigerian Air Force 213 Operational Base in Katsina, under the “Operation Hadarin Daji’’, at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Airport, Katsina.
He said the order had become necessary following the fact that the bandits had been killing, maiming and extorting innocent citizens.
“This group was formed by the military to secure the geo-political zone from the activities of bandits. Fundamentally, it is your responsibility to secure the country.
“As the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, I believe you are capable of doing it.
“I don’t think you should spare any bandit. Identify and eliminate them. Pursue them anywhere you can find them and eliminate them,” President Buhari said.
