Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff, has assured Nigerians
of the commitment of the new service chiefs to deal decisively with bandits and
other criminals terrorising the country.
Speaking on Tuesday when he led the service chiefs on a
courtesy visit to Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara, Irabor said Nigerians
will no longer have anything to fear in terms of security.
“We are aware of the expectations of Nigerians and we are
here to deal with the bad people; it is time that we go back to the good times
where people live happily and secured,” he said.
“We will use all our powers to deal with those who do not
want us to live in peace.”
Irabor commended the efforts of Matawalle and the
traditional rulers toward ensuring peace in the state.
In his remarks, Matawalle explained that he had always tried
to remove politics when it comes to the issue of security.
He told the service chiefs that the peace and dialogue
initiative adopted by the state was working, saying it has saved many kidnap
victims at no cost to the state government.
The governor, however, called for the deployment of more
troops to deal with recalcitrant bandits.
“With many of the recalcitrant bandits in our bushes, there
is need for the deployment of more personnel to tackle these bad elements that
are giving us sleepless nights,” Matawalle said.
“We also want to appeal for more fighting equipment which
should be located at all strategic movement points of the bandits in order to
deny them pathway while the onslaught is being carried out against them.
“If these are in place, the troops should go into the bushes
and hunt for the bandits instead of waiting until they struck.”
According to him, such measures would facilitate the
elimination of all the bandits operating in the north-west zone.
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