Former Senator, Shehu Sani, has taken a swipe at the Federal Government for its failure to declare bandits terrorists.
Gatekeepers News reports that the Former senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to declare bandits as ‘civil servants’.
Nigerians from across the country including the Gatekeepers News from the Media have been calling on President Buhari to declare the bandits as terrorists.
Governor of Kaduna state, Northwest Nigeria, Nasir el-Rufai have also charged the FG to declare bandits as terrorists so that the military will be decisive and firmer in dealing with them.
The Nigeria’s Senate also on Wednesday 29th September 2021 passed a resolution asking President Buhari to declare the bandits as terrorists through a Proscription Order, pursuant to section 2 of the Terrorism Prevention Act, 2011 (As Amended).
The Senate asked the president to wage a total war against the criminals, including bombing all their locations, to eliminate them, while also declaring all known leadership of the bandits wanted and track them wherever they are for arrest and prosecution.
Scarcely 24 hours after the Senate asked President Buhari to declare bandits terrorists, the House of Representatives counterpart also urged the President to do same, to underline the determination of the apex government to combat the wave of criminality and murders perpetuated by bandits all over the country.
A similar call was also made by all the 36 Speakers of State Houses of Assembly at the end of their conference last month (October) in Katsina state while asking the president to declare bandits enemies of the state.
The Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, said that the need to follow due process was responsible for the delay in declaring bandits as terrorists.
Sani said, “They killed Muslim worshipers in their mosques in Niger and Katsina state; they killed Christians in their Churches in Kaduna state;if the Government doesn’t want to declare them terrorists,it should declare them federal civil servants.”
