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Declaring Bandits As Terrorists Has Boosted Fight Against Insecurity – FG
- …the designation had made possible, the use of excessive force…
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government has said the designation of bandits as terrorist has aided the fight against insecurity.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this when he visited Daily Trust office in Abuja.
He said the designation had made possible, the use of excessive force, which hitherto was not an option.
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“When I was drawn in this controversy, I said whether it is a terrorist or bandit, you do not spare any of them. But I think when you now term them terrorists, it gives the military and the security authorities more latitude on how to deal with them. It’s just like when students are protesting, you have to handle it with a kind of care and not use live ammunition and things like that.
“If they remain bandits, there’ll be a lot of restraint on the part of the police and the military, but when they become terrorists, then, there’ll be less restraint. I think that has helped a lot. Even some of the platforms the Air Force has acquired before cannot be used against ordinary bandits, but now that they’ve been declared terrorists, they can use it against them. That is why you can see improvements in the fight against bandits.”
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He said the government would embark on public sensitization on the dangers of ritual killings, which is going to be led by the National Orientation Agency (NOA); while the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) would vet movies that espouse the act.
He also explained that China stopped giving loans to Nigeria because of the reports that the country would go bankrupt soon.
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