Declare Bandits as Terrorists – 36 State Speakers Tell President Buhari

 

Speakers from the 36 states of Nigeria have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits as terrorists.

 

The Conference of Speakers in Nigeria said bandits are enemies of the state.

 

The Chairman of the conference and Speaker, Bauchi House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abubakar Suleiman, made the pronouncement at the end of the third quarter general meeting of the Conference of Speakers in Katsina on Saturday.

 

He said the call was one of the outcomes of their 5-point communique reached at the end of their deliberations.

 

According to the Speakers’ Chairman, they have come to realise that the mode of operations employed by the bandits is not in anyway different from that of terrorists and as such should be treated as one.

 

Other resolutions reached in the course of the deliberations included working out a legislative framework to complement federal government efforts in the fight against insecurity in the country.

 

Also, the conference resolved to come up with appropriate laws that will address the fundamental issues responsible for the insecurity experienced in the country.

 

The communique also harped on the need to create employment opportunities for the teeming youths as a means to curb the insecurity situation bedeviling the country.