The Executive Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits that are causing mayhem in the North-West part of Nigeria as terrorists.
El-Rufai made the call while receiving the third quarter security report from the state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in Kaduna.
While making the call, he said the declaration of bandits as terrorists would motivate the Nigerian military to attack and kill the bandits without contravening international law.
It should be recalled that the National Assembly had recently asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare the bandits as terrorists.
He said the government of Kaduna had since 2017 asked President Buhari to declare the bandits as terrorists.
He said: “We in the Kaduna State government had always urged for the declaration of bandits as insurgents and terrorists. We have written letters to the Federal Government since 2017 asking for this declaration because it is this declaration that will allow the Nigerian military to attack and kill these bandits without any major consequences in international law.
“So, we support the resolution by the National Assembly and we are going to follow up with a letter of support for the federal government to declare these bandits and insurgents as terrorists, so that, there will be fair game for our military.”
