The Albino Foundation Public Notice
Our reporters
The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits across the nation as terrorists.
The council in a statement yesterday noted that the declaration when announced would be a major move towards curbing their criminal acts in the country.
The statement signed by the Vice President of the council’ Southwest branch ,Comrade ‘Dotun Omoleye added that security agents need to take decisive actions against the bandits.
Worried over the continuous abductions of students, the council noted that the bandits were deliberately trying to frustrate the resolve of Government to ensure children are safe in schools.
The statements reads in part, “President Buhari’s declaration that Jangebe, Zamfara abduction would be the last in the series of schools’ attacks and renewed boldness by bandits to strike again, where they went away with a number of female students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Mando area of Kaduna State on Thursday night is not only unfortunate but regrettable, inhuman and unacceptable.”
“This is the latest of the endless major attacks on public schools in Nigeria this year alone after the abductions in Kagara and Jangebe in Niger and Zamfara states
“The attack on the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, coming just few days after gunmen attacked FAAN’s quarters in Igabi Local Government area of the state is becoming an eyesore, and a wake-up call on the government to appropriately designate these enemies of the State as terrorists following the determination of President Buhari’s opposition to negotiating with these bandits,”.
The council pleaded with President Buhari not to delay in making the announcement to deter youths from perceiving kidnapping as lawful and a lucrative business.
Omoleye cautioned against any form of sympathy for bandits whose activities have clearly proven to pose serious threats to the peace of the people and the national security.
He charged the President to show strong leadership and political will against all forms of criminality, including insurgency and banditry, by leading the battle from the front.
“Without doubt, if we do not want our nation to be overrun by violent and gun-wielding criminals by whose activities the peace and stability of our nation is becoming fragile daily; the Federal Government must be courageous enough to bandy these enemies as terrorists as they do not deserve the perceived pampering they currently enjoying.
“We salute the sacrifices of the Nigerian security agencies towards protecting the people but it is becoming obvious that unless these bandits are so classified, the presidential directive to shoot holders of illegal AK-47 may not yield productive results,”
Omoleye noted.
