The president represented by Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, his chief of staff during a joint security meeting of the Northern State Governors’ Forum and traditional rulers, on Thursday, February 25, 2021, said his administration will continue to deal with bandits, kidnappers and insurgents in the country.
Buhari said Nigeria is battling with different dimensions of security challenges, adding that he had ordered security chiefs to devise new strategies to end insecurity in the country.
He further advised that criminality in Nigeria should be handled without resorting to ethnic profiling.
The president said,
“I must appreciate the efforts of the 19 Northern States Governors’ Forum for their contribution towards national growth and development, especially in this challenging period in our nation’s being where certain fundamental corporate existence need to be frankly deliberated upon and actionable resolutions reached.
Insecurity: Buhari rules out amnesty for bandits, terrorists
Mr Buhari says “the government shall continue to deal with insurgents, bandits, kidnappers and other criminals who constitute a threat to innocent citizens across the country.”
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President Muhammadu Buhari has ruled out the possibility of granting amnesty to bandits, kidnappers and insurgents in the country.
He said his government would continue to deal decisively with such criminals whom he said constitute a threat to the country and its people.
Mr Buhari stated this on Thursday while declaring open a joint security meeting of Northern State Governors’ Forum, Northern Traditional Rulers Council and delegation from the federal government in Kaduna State.
Manny February 26, 05:47
Note to Buhari: First of all, thank you for having at least agreed to comment on these most pressing matters of life and death for Nigerians and for Nigeria. There is nothing new to devise. You know the problem. You most likely know its source. Resolve it. Stop passing the buck. The buck should stop with you!
As for your repeated efforts to deny the Fulani dimension of this problem, you think you are talking to ignorant people, right? The problems are multidimensional, alright, but they ALL have a common denominator: “Fulani.” This does not mean that anyone should support ethnic profiling, but if an ethnicity is causing so much of the various security challenges, then that fact should be clearly and unequivocally acknowledged (no matter whose cattle is gored), if ever any effective solution is to be found.
TODAY
February 25, 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari has ruled out the possibility of granting amnesty to bandits, kidnappers and insurgents in the country.
He said his government would continue to deal decisively with such criminals whom he said constitute a threat to the country and its people.
Buhari stated this on Thursday while declaring open a joint security meeting of Northern State Governors’ Forum, Northern Traditional Rulers Council and delegation from the federal government in Kaduna State.
The president’s stance is coming on the heels of agitations by some northern leaders that repentant bandits be given amnesty.
Prominent amongst those canvassing amnesty for bandits are the Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, and an Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi.
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that government shall continue to deal with insurgents, as bandits, kidnappers and other criminals constitute threat to citizens across the country.
“Criminals are criminals and should be dealt with,” he said. The President spoke at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House Kaduna, during the meeting of the Northern States Governors’ Forum on Thursday.
Represented by the Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, the President appreciated the efforts of the Northern States Governors for their contribution towards National Growth and development, “especially in this challenging period in our nation’s being where certain fundamental corporate existence needs to be frankly deliberated upon and actionable resolutions reached.”