Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai says declaring bandits as terrorists by the Federal Government will enable the military to decimate them without consequences in international law.
El-Rufai said this on Wednesday after receiving the third quarter security report of the state.
“We, in Kaduna State Government, have always aligned with the declaration of bandits as insurgents and terrorists. We have written letters to the Federal Government since 2017, asking for this declaration because it is the declaration that will allow the Nigerian military to attack and kill these bandits without any major consequences in international law,” El-Rufai said.
“So, we support the resolution by the National Assembly and we are going to follow up with a letter of support, for the Federal Government to declare these bandits and insurgents as terrorists, so that they will be fair game for our military. This is the view of the Kaduna State Government.”
El-Rufai called for a consensus between the federal government and the the 36 states on an emergency programme of recruitment into
the security agencies.
He said government can change the game
significantly by hiring 1,000 willing youths from each of the 774 LGAs in the country into the security agencies, adding that it increase the numbers that is unprecedented since the civil war, which he said will be a significant blow on criminals and also serve as an employment boost.
He condoled with security agencies and the families of the security officers that have been killed while trying to keep the people safe.
