President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday in Katsina, Katsina State, charged the military to be more spontaneous in restoring peace to the country, particularly states troubled by bandits, ordering them \u201cnot to spare bandits\u2019\u2019 that have been killing, maiming and extorting innocent citizens.<\/p>\n
Addressing 15 officers and 160 soldiers of the 17th Army Brigade and Nigerian Air Force 213 Operational Base in Katsina, under the \u201cOperation Hadarin Daji\u2019\u2019, at the Umaru Musa Yar\u2019Adua Airport, President Buhari, said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThis group was formed by the military to secure the geo-political zone from the activities of bandits. Fundamentally, it is your responsibility to secure the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, I believe you are capable of doing it. I don\u2019t think you should spare any bandit. Identify and eliminate them. Pursue them anywhere you can find them and eliminate them,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cNigeria deserves peace. The rainy season is good and we are already achieving food security, but we need peace. The money saved from food importation will be used to purchase arms for operations,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
The President, flanked by Governor Aminu Bello Masari, assured the troops that the Federal Government will provide all the necessary support for restoration of peace in the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will give you all the right equipment so that you can deal with them with despatch. I appreciate all your efforts but you can do more. I don\u2019t want any bandit spared,\u2019\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n
President Buhari said the government and all officials were being sustained in office by the ordinary people, and they owe the people a duty to protect their lives and property.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease give my regards to your families. The earlier you finish with the bandits, the earlier you will return and stay with your families,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday in Katsina, Katsina State, charged the military to be more spontaneous in restoring peace to the country, particularly states troubled by bandits, ordering them \u201cnot to spare bandits\u2019\u2019 that have been killing, maiming and extorting innocent citizens. Addressing 15 officers and 160 soldiers of the 17th Army Brigade and Nigerian Air […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":12754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[591,97,225,231],"class_list":["post-14269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-bandits","tag-buhari","tag-katsina","tag-military"],"yoast_head":"\n