Buhari Directs Security Agents To Shoot Anyone Seen With AK-47

Garba Shehu, a presidential spokesperson, says President
Muhammadu Buhari has directed security agencies to shoot anyone
seen with AK-47.

Shehu, who disclosed this in an interview with the BBC, said the
president directed a clampdown on bandits who have refused to
surrender.

On the efforts being made to rid Zamfara and other northern
states of bandits, Shehu said the government is resorting to lethal
force.

“The president has ordered security forces to go into the bushes
and shoot whoever they see with sophisticated weapons like AK-47,”
he said in the interview.

“He ordered that whoever is seen with terrible weapons at all
should be shot immediately.”

‘JETS BEING USED TO TRANSPORT ARMS TO ZAMFARA’

The presidential spokesperson also said the federal government
declared Zamfara a no-fly zone following intelligence that arms
were being transported to the bandits with private jets.

He said the jets are also used to cart away gold from the state
to Dubai, which, according to him, prompted the ban on mining
activities also announced on Tuesday.

“These jets are being used to pick up gold that is being mined
in some parts of Zamfara and exported. This is strong because at
the moment,” he said.

“There is a Nigerian gold market in Dubai. The government is
losing, the people of this country are losing, that’s why it is
said that gold mining is banned for those who are not made by the
government.”

The ban on mining activities in Zamfara was first announced in
April 2017 amid reports that actors going after the state’s gold
reserves are fuelling its security crisis.

culled from Thecable

Garba Shehu, a presidential spokesperson, says President
Muhammadu Buhari has directed security agencies to shoot anyone
seen with AK-47.

Shehu, who disclosed this in an interview with the BBC, said the
president directed a clampdown on bandits who have refused to
surrender.

On the efforts being made to rid Zamfara and other northern
states of bandits, Shehu said the government is resorting to lethal
force.

“The president has ordered security forces to go into the bushes
and shoot whoever they see with sophisticated weapons like AK-47,”
he said in the interview.

“He ordered that whoever is seen with terrible weapons at all
should be shot immediately.”

‘JETS BEING USED TO TRANSPORT ARMS TO ZAMFARA’

The presidential spokesperson also said the federal government
declared Zamfara a no-fly zone following intelligence that arms
were being transported to the bandits with private jets.

He said the jets are also used to cart away gold from the state
to Dubai, which, according to him, prompted the ban on mining
activities also announced on Tuesday.

“These jets are being used to pick up gold that is being mined
in some parts of Zamfara and exported. This is strong because at
the moment,” he said.

“There is a Nigerian gold market in Dubai. The government is
losing, the people of this country are losing, that’s why it is
said that gold mining is banned for those who are not made by the
government.”

The ban on mining activities in Zamfara was first announced in
April 2017 amid reports that actors going after the state’s gold
reserves are fuelling its security crisis.

culled from Thecable