Buhari To Service Chiefs: Kill Bandits, Insurgents And Their Sponsors



Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the security chiefs to hunt down and kill bandits, Boko Haram insurgents, and their sponsors terrorising the North and the country as a whole.

Briefing State House correspondents on Tuesday, National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, said the President gave the order during his meeting with the service chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Monguno quoted Buhari as saying that his administration would no longer accept the reign of terror unleashed on parts of the country by bandits, kidnappers, and Boko Haram insurgents.

The NSA added that the President said that the armed forces should be more proactive in tackling insecurity rather than reactionary.

Monguno said President Buhari also insisted that all the decisions approved by the National Security Council in February to ban mining activities in Zamfara and the no-fly order imposed on the state remain enforced.

He added that Buhari noted that the status quo should be maintained in Zamfara, so as to curb insecurity in the state.