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We Can’t Reject Repentant Bandits Because They Are Also Nigerians – FG
- He added that repentant bandits are Nigerian citizens and the Federal Government has a responsibility to reintegrate them…
The Federal Government has said that it will not shut the door against repentant bandits.
Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi, stated this when he appeared on a Channels Television programme, on Tuesday night.
The minister said the window is still open for bandits to surrender and be reintegrated into the larger society.
He added that repentant bandits are Nigerian citizens and the Federal Government has a responsibility to reintegrate them “peacefully and honourably into the society”.
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“When you talk of amnesty, it is a relative term and what the Federal Government is trying to say is that, let us see those who have surrendered their arms, let us listen to them, let us chronicle them, let us receive them, we cannot just throw these people away because they are all Nigerians.
“Of course, they are criminals, they have committed atrocities, they have committed crimes, but according to the international laws, when you surrender from a war zone, you are not killed, you are not maimed, you are allowed to have your say.
“We are listening to them to see how we can integrate them into the larger society.”
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