El-Rufai urge security forces to invade forests, eliminate bandits

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said it has become imperative to eliminate bandits because they have lost the right to life under the Constitution.

He spoke during a town hall meeting on national security themed “Setting benchmarks for enhanced security and national unity in Nigeria” and organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture in Kaduna.

The governor said: “The bandits are at war with Nigeria and there is no other way to approach the current insurgency but for security forces to take the war to the bandits and recover forests where they are occupying.

“We are in a war with these terrorist challenging the sovereignty of the Nigerian state.

“Our security forces must collaborate to take the war to the bandits and terrorist, recover and restore the forest to enable our law-abiding citizens to engage in legitimate farming and livestock production.”

El-Rufai said the government must identify and deal with non-state actors and others challenging the existence of the country.

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