Kill Terrorists, Bandits Instantly, Defence Minister Musa To Security Agencies While Receiving N27bn Vehicles, Other Support Equipment From Sokoto Govt
Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa (Rtd) has told soldiers engaging terrorists and bandits to kill them instantly.
Musa gave the instruction on Wednesday in Sokoto, after inaugurating 62 armoured vehicles and 320 motorcycles purchased by the state government for the various security agencies, and assured that the current security challenges facing Nigeria would soon become history.
The state government said that the vehicles and other equipment, worth N27.7 billion, were strategic logistical assistance to security agencies and the its own way of helping to end the insecurity.
Musa expressed joy that Sokoto was his home, having been born and brought up in the state.
Admitting that, despite pockets of recent challenges, Sokoto remained a very peaceful state, adding that the Governor is doing everything humanly possible to ensure the sustainability of that peace.
The Minister, while recalling that the state government, under the leadership of Aliyu, had previously provided such interventions to the security agencies, added that this would not only boost their operational capabilities but also increase their morale.
He further appealed to other Governors and well-meaning Nigerians to contribute their quota by extending such gestures to security agencies in their respective states, just as he assured that the current security challenges bedevilling Nigeria would soon become history.
Speaking on the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, Gen. Musa listed security as a priority, adding that the federal government remained committed to ensuring a safer environment for all.
Aliyu said the newly purchased armoured vehicles and motorcycles would be deployed to flash points in the state to tackle banditry, kidnapping and other related crimes.
He said the gesture was to enhance the operational capabilities of the security agencies and boost the protection of the lives and properties of all law-abiding citizens of the state.
The Sokoto State Governor recalled that his administration had previously spent over N36.27 billion in similar gestures to bolster the operations of the Armed Forces and other security agencies.
According to him, a law was being promulgated at the Sokoto State House of Assembly that would ensure that informants were treated the same way as bandits.
He commended the Federal Government, the Armed Forces, other security agencies and critical stakeholders for their sustained efforts, disclosing that security topped his Nine-Point Smart Agenda.
He also thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his unwavering commitment to improving the security of Nigerians’ lives and property.
