Garba Shehu, a presidential spokesperson, says President
Muhammadu Buhari has directed security agencies to shoot anyone seen with
AK-47.
Shehu, who disclosed this in an interview with the BBC, said
the president directed a clampdown on bandits who have refused to surrender.
On the efforts being made to rid Zamfara and other northern
states of bandits, Shehu said the government is resorting to lethal force.
“The president has ordered security forces to go into the
bushes and shoot whoever they see with sophisticated weapons like AK-47,” he
said in the interview monitored by TheCable.
“He ordered that whoever is seen with terrible weapons at
all should be shot immediately.”
Ana amfani da jirage wajen kai wa 'yan ta'adda makamai a Zamfara - Fadar Shugaba Buhari pic.twitter.com/ZQC1LXH51Z
— BBC News Hausa (@bbchausa) March 3, 2021
‘JETS BEING USED TO
TRANSPORT ARMS TO ZAMFARA’
The presidential spokesperson also said the federal
government declared Zamfara a no-fly zone following intelligence that arms were
being transported to the bandits with private jets.
He said the jets are also used to cart away gold from the
state to Dubai, which, according to him, prompted the ban on mining activities
also announced on Tuesday.
“These jets are being
used to pick up gold that is being mined in some parts of Zamfara and exported.
This is strong because at the moment,” he said.
“There is a Nigerian gold market in Dubai. The government is
losing, the people of this country are losing, that’s why it is said that gold
mining is banned for those who are not made by the government.”
The ban on mining activities in Zamfara was first announced in April 2017 amid reports that actors going after the state’s gold reserves are fuelling its security crisis.
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