INSECURITY: 40 massacred in Sokoto, president Buhari declared war on bandits said their end is near~detaails below

 Despite the repentance and pardoning of bandits in the Northern part of nigeria still had shown no impact, as insecurity in the region escalate.

On Sunday over 40 people were murdered by bandits at Goronyo market, in Sokoto State, president Buhari who was reacting to incident had sent a tough warning to the criminals and declared, “The clock of your ultimate destruction is ticking as you will no longer have a place to hide.” 

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday declared total war on bandits after many killed in Sokoto Northern parts of the country, saying their days are numbered.

Buhari had earlier taken a critical look at the security situation in the country before news of the massacre in Sokoto State filtered in. He had said that the military and other security agencies were recording greater successes in the bid to get rid ofthe country from insecurity. 

President Muhammadu Buhari however, called on the Nigerian media on the need for accurate reportage of security and safety issues by replacing the usage of phrases, like “rising insecurity”, with “declining insecurity”.

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, also reacting to the killing in his state, and called on the Nigeria Army to carry out coordinated operations in the North-west to help clear out banditry in the region.

Following a similar occurrence, the Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom expressed concerns about recent attacks and kidnapping of students in schools across the country.

Mean while the United States has also assented its readiness to lend support to Nigeria in its bid to curb insecurity in the region.

Mr president in a statement released by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, declared that, “The days of the bandits are, indeed, numbered, because the military capabilities of our forces are being boosted by the acquisition and deployment of advanced equipment.” he said.

He further said, “The bandits are living in the fool’s paradise of invincibility, but reality will soon dawn on them harder than ever before.”

In addedition by the president, “The bandits are currently under desperate pressures, because of the intense and sustained air and ground operations against them in their hideouts by our security forces.

“The cowardly attacks on innocent people by the bandits show a rearguard action of criminals under pressure. But they will have no place to hide and our gallant security forces will not relent in the current offensive to defeat these callous enemies of humanity.”

However, the president Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to Nigerians not to gave up hope, because his administration was determined, more than ever before, to protect Nigerians from murderous criminal gangs with no respect for the sanctity of human life.

He he had shown sympathy to the families of the victims of the Goronyo attack and called on the people to remain patient, as the military strategised on how to crush the bandits.