{"id":56880,"date":"2022-01-06T19:01:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T18:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=56880"},"modified":"2022-01-06T17:57:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T16:57:23","slug":"nobody-can-hold-nigeria-to-ransom-arewa-youths-on-buhari-declaring-bandits-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nobody-can-hold-nigeria-to-ransom-arewa-youths-on-buhari-declaring-bandits-terrorists","title":{"rendered":"Nobody can hold Nigeria to ransom \u2013 Arewa youths on Buhari declaring bandits terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has reacted to the Federal Government\u2019s declaration of bandits as terrorists.<\/p>\n

Yerima Shettima, AYCF National President, said nobody should be allowed to hold the country to ransom.<\/p>\n

Speaking with DAILY POST, Shettima said the decision of the Federal Government was better late than never.<\/p>\n

He stressed that Buhari should be commended for the decision to declare bandits as terrorists.<\/p>\n

According to Shettima: \u201cIt\u2019s better late than never, it\u2019s long overdue. All the tendencies and characters of terrorism have been displayed by these characters in the name of banditry.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s indeed a good thing and I applaud the Federal Government for that courage. Some of us were not happy when the court made the pronouncement and the president could not attend to it immediately, but it\u2019s better late than never; this can not continue.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody can be allowed to continue to hold the country to ransom; as such, I commend the Federal Government and Buhari for this feat.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope those saddled with the responsibility will do the needful, so that for once, we can have some rest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if the proscription is a sign that Nigerians should expect an improvement in the country\u2019s security, Shettima said: \u201cI believe from what I\u2019m seeing that we are likely to see something better than what we have seen in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n

DAILY POST had reported that the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), had gazetted a court judgement which proscribed bandits.<\/p>\n

The gazetted pronouncement proscribed their existence and restraining any person or group of persons from participating in activities of bandit groups.<\/p>\n

This follows weeks of footdragging, after Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja, granted an ex parte application for Yan Bindiga (Hausa word for gunmen) and Yan Ta\u2019adda (Hausa word for terrorists) to be declared as terrorists.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has reacted to the Federal Government\u2019s declaration of bandits as terrorists. Yerima Shettima, AYCF National President, said nobody should be allowed to hold the country to ransom. Speaking with DAILY POST, Shettima said the decision of the Federal Government was better late than never. 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