Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna, says his administration has written to Federal Government, asking to declare bandits as terrorists since 2017.
The governor made this known while receiving a Q3 security report on the state on Wednesday.
El-rufai said declaring bandits as terrorists would allow the military to “kill” them without worrying about international laws.
He said: “We in the Kaduna state government have always aligned with the declaration of bandits as insurgents and terrorists,”
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“We have written letters to the federal government since 2017, asking for this declaration because it is the declaration that will allow the Nigerian military to attack and kill these bandits without any major consequences in international law.
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“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 they will be fair game for our military. This is the view of the Kaduna state government.”
