No President Will Say Banditry Will End Next Year - Lai Mohammed

Lai Mohammed

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, has stated that by next year, no President will say there won't be banditry.

According to him, saying there won't be banditry is like saying there won't be criminal elements in the country.

Lai Mohammed said this while responding to a question on whether the current security challenges would end before President Muhammadu Buhari leaves office in 2023.

Responding to the question at a press conference on Wednesday December 15, Lai Mohammed said;

“Nobody, I’m not sure any president will say by next year there will be no banditry. It is just like saying by next year, there will be no thief.

“But what is important is that they should judge us by our achievement. We’ve not thrown our hands in the air. There was a time they asked us to hire mercenaries, but our soldiers are doing their best in these circumstances.”