President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security agencies to search for the hideouts of bandits and other criminal elements and shoot them on sight.
A spokesperson to the President, Malam Garba Shehu, disclosed this in an interview with Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC Hausa).
According to him, the presidency had received reports that indicated that (not just in Zamfara) bandits were highly sponsored and were being given arms discreetly via the use of helicopters.
He said that these helicopters were owned by people who were illegally exploiting the gold in Zamfara, thus causing havoc and confusion in the state and the entire country.
He said: ”We have received reports that indicates that helicopters and other means of transportations are being used to transport arms to the bandits.
“This same helicopters are being used to transport illegally mined gold.” he said.
He stated that the illegal gold miners were thriving in Zamfara.
Read him: ”There is currently a gold market in Dubai where Nigerian Gold mined from Zamfara are being sold”
”The president (has) ordered (that) anyone seen with AK47 or any other kind of dangerous weapon and is not a security personnel should be gunnned down.”
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