Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has accused the Federal Authorities of intentionally empowering armed bandits by insurance policies that present them with month-to-month allowances and meals provides beneath the guise of non-kinetic safety methods.
Talking on Sunday Politics, a Channels Tv programme, El-Rufai described the strategy as a “kiss-the-bandits coverage” pushed by the Workplace of the Nationwide Safety Adviser (NSA).
“What I can’t do is to pay bandits, give them a month-to-month allowance, or ship meals to them within the title of non-kinetic. It’s nonsense; we’re empowering bandits,” the previous governor stated.
He argued that such measures solely embolden the criminals and worsen insecurity.
“You don’t empower your enemy; you don’t give him cash to go and purchase subtle weapons. That’s the reason the insecurity downside has not gone away and won’t go away so long as this coverage continues,” El-Rufai added.
The previous minister of the Federal Capital Territory maintained that negotiations and incentives for bandits have been counterproductive.
“My place has at all times been that the one repentant bandit is a lifeless one. Let’s kill all of them. Let’s bomb them till they’re diminished to nothing, after which the 5 per cent that also need to be rehabilitated may be rehabilitated,” he insisted.
El-Rufai additional claimed that residents of northern states similar to Katsina, Zamfara, and Kaduna are conscious of the alleged government-backed appeasement.
“They’ll deceive, they will cowl up, they will do propaganda, however those who dwell in Katsina, those who dwell in Zamfara, those who dwell in Kaduna… they know what is going on,” he stated.
Difficult the authorities, he added: “Let the governor or anybody come and deny. When the time comes, we are going to reveal every little thing.”
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