Northwest governors have issued a notice to quit order to bandits and everyone hiding in the forest, noting that failure to comply will result in them facing the wrath of security agencies.
Katsina State Governor Aminu Bello Masari, who announced this decision, said it was taken in their renewed drive to flush out illegal elements and hoodlums who launch sporadic attacks from those forests.
The governor spoke during a special Hausa programme aired on Liberty TV.
He said: “Whoever remains in the forest would be regarded as a bandit. Therefore, the security forces will deal with them ruthlessly.”
He said the governors would forgive bandits who surrender their arms.
Similarly, the Defence Headquarters on Monday announced that military assault would be deployed against bandits in the North as ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Minister of Defence, Major General Salihi Magashi (rtd), said the country was in a critical situation following the resurgent terrorists’ attacks, banditry and abductions.
