Buhari’s weakness responsible for bandits’ dare-devil audacity —Shehu Sani
Sen Shehu Sani, Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s weakness and unwillingness to decisively deal with bandits in the North-West was responsible for their increasing audacity to keep on carrying out their criminal activities.
Sani said that if Buhari had done the needful by designating the bandits as terrorists early enough and given them the kind of treatment terrorists are being given, they would not have still been operating with the kind of boldness they were exhibiting.
Sani stated this when he took to his verified Twitter handle to react to the killing of no fewer than 20 bandits by Nigerian troops while the criminals were moving towards the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Friday,
The Nigerian Army had in a statement on Saturday stated that the bandits, numbering over 100, and armed with sophisticated weapons, were sighted riding on motorcycles towards the NDA, but met their waterloo when two Nigerian Air Force (NAF) helicopter gunships were dispatched to engage them.
Sani tweeted, “It’s commendable to receive the news that the military exterminated the terrorists advancing towards the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna.
“But it also demonstrated how daring the criminals are becoming and the danger we are currently facing in our city.
“Their boldness comes because the President and Commander in Chief refused to designate them as terrorists earlier and give them the terrorists treatment.
“He was and is weak when it comes to bandits. Vigilance is the key.”
