President Muhammadu Buhari has again issued a very serious warning to bandits, telling the terrorists that ‘the clock of your ultimate destruction is ticking as you will no longer have a place to hide.’
Buhari issued this warning while reacting to the murder of over 30 people in Goronyo in Sokoto State on Sunday by bandits.
This was contained in a statement by Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, which was obtained Africa Today News, New York on Monday.
President Buhari 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.’
According to him, ‘the bandits are living in the fool’s paradise of invincibility, but reality will soon dawn on them harder than ever before.’
President Buhari added that “the bandits are currently under desperate pressure 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,’ the President emphasised.
He appealed to all Nigerians ‘not to give up as his administration is determined more than ever before to protect Nigerians from murderous criminal gangs that have no respect for the sanctity of life.’
The President extended his sympathy to the families of the victims of the Goronyo attack and called on the people to continue to be patient with the military strategies on how to deliver the crushing blow to these bandits.’
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK