FG releases official gazette proscribing bandits as terrorists
The federal government of Nigeria has officially released its official gazette proscribing bandit groups in Nigeria as terrorists.
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The federal government of Nigeria has officially released its official gazette proscribing bandit groups in Nigeria as terrorists.
After weeks of footdragging, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), gazetted a court judgment that ordered the government to declare bandits as terrorists.
In the past two years, there have been a rise in banditry in the North-West geopolitical region including Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto and Kaduna. | Pulse Nigeria
On November 25, a Federal High Court in Abuja declared the activities of all bandit groups in the country as acts of terrorism.