The chief of Army staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has said that it is in Nigerians hands to decide if banditry will be haulted in the country or not.
Buratai said this while addressing the State House after meeting behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday.
The army general, said;
“As to whether banditry, terrorism and so on will end, I think it all depends. If Nigerians want it to end today, I can assure you it will end today if everybody joins hands because these bandits are not outside Nigeria, they are not from foreign lands.”
He noted that 100 percent of kidnappers are Nigerians, stressing that it is not the duty of only the military and other security agencies to end the insecurity in the country.
Buratai argued that 99 percent of the bandits and terrorists are Nigerians while 100 percent of kidnappers are also citizens of the country.
