BANDITS and terrorists are being sent to God to answer for their sins, Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said.
Adesina made this known on Friday in his weekly column titled, ‘See How They’re Being Sent To God To Answer For Their Crimes’.
Adesina’s reaction trail the call by some Nigerians for his superior to treat criminal elements in the north in the same way as seperatist agitators.
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra is facing trial on charges of a treasonable felony while Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho, is still being detained in Benin Republic.
Some Nigerians have claimed that the president isn’t tackling insecurity in the north the same way as other parts of the nation.
However, Adesina said he is amazed to hear some people say President Buhari should go after Boko Haram and bandits with the same gusto he has displayed against separatists in the country.
According to him, the Buhari government does daily in the North-east, North-west, and North-central parts of the country, where terrorists and bandits abound, is send them to God to answer for their crimes.
He said, “It amazes, even confounds, to hear some people say President Muhammadu Buhari should go after Boko Haram terrorists and bandits with the same gusto he has displayed against separatists in the country.
“Amazing and confounding because what the Buhari government does daily in the North-east, North-west, and North-central parts of the country, where terrorists and bandits abound, is send them to God to answer for their crimes.
“This much has been confirmed by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya. Hear the Army Chief, on the day he was decorated with his new rank: ‘That’s what we have started doing already. Many of them have been sent to God to answer for their crimes, and we will continue to do that’.
“President Buhari had ordered the security forces to crush all violent criminals and those sponsoring insurrection in the country, vowing that they would be treated ‘in the language they understand.’ And it is happening without let or hindrance, without fear or favour
“Why then do some people claim that certain troublers of the country are being treated with softer hands, than some others? This could be due to deliberate ignorance, mischief, or pure hatred. Those who keenly follow the war against insurgency and banditry in the northern part of the country, and who want to be honest, would admit that no quarter is being asked, and none is being given. Every effort is being made to extirpate the evil from our body polity”.
