President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured Nigerians that
ending banditry remains a key priority of his administration.
Buhari said that he would do whatever it takes to ensure the
country’s security system confronts these public enemies with merciless
determination, a statement by Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity,
Malam Garba Shehu, quoted him as saying yesterday.
Buhari was reacting to the recent spike in reported
incidents of banditry and kidnappings in some parts of the country.
The president condoled with all those affected by the
unfortunate events.
Buhari described as ridiculous allegation of indifference
being levelled against him in some quarters.
“How can I be happy and indifferent to the senseless
killings of my fellow citizens by bandits?
“I am human and I understand the pains of the victims and
their families who have been traumatised and impoverished by constant ransom
demands by bandits.
“The politicisation of tragedy reveals the darkest sides of
our primitive politics. Almost every week, I summon my security chiefs to get
an update on the strategies being devised to defeat these mass murderers.
“There is no issue that dominates my mind every 24 hours
like security, because as an elected President, protecting life and property
remains primary function of my administration.
“I constantly listen to our security personnel in order to
understand their problems and needs, and I have never hesitated to attend to
those needs in terms of motivating and equipping them to respond effectively to
our security challenges.
“It is therefore ridiculous to suggest that I am indifferent
to these killings.
“I have ordered rapid and robust deployment of troops to all
the areas currently under attack from bandits and we are determined to tackle
this challenge ferociously until these remorseless killers are crushed and
utterly defeated,” Buhari said.
He however, called on communities affected by banditry to
support and cooperate with the security agencies, particularly the recently
launched Operation Puff Adder to battle bandits and kidnappers.
The President said it was regrettable that bandits had
informants within some communities and utterly reprehensible that certain
communities had signed protection deals with bandits at the expense of other
communities, thereby creating complications and frustrating government’s
intervention
He appealed to communities to report suspicious movements of
the bandits into their areas within the shortest available opportunity, especially
considering the fact that “intelligence is critical to detecting, frustrating,
neutralising and defeating the criminals.”
(NAN)
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