No Community Will Be Held By Bandits This Year, CDS Assures Nigerians… 

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa has said he will rid communities that have been stifled of insurgents and bandits.

General Musa made this declaration on Monday , where he called for support from the public to meet this goal.

“We are working with the state government to identify these areas, this year God willing we will make sure bandits hold no community,”  he said.

“Members of the community will be able to leave the IDP camps and be able to go there”

The nation is yet to heal from a Christmas Eve attack by marauding assailants on Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi local government areas t in Plateau that left 2 00 people dead and hundreds more injured. 

Repeated attacks on the region in the space of days have left many disillusioned with the efforts of security personnel at tackling the growing crisis, which General Musa says collaborative efforts are the only feasible means of ending acts of terror in the region.

The Chief of Defence Staff claimed the motive  behind the Plateau carnage was to “embarrass” everyone and take the government for a fool

On the challenges the military face in their fight against banditry, General Musa said they were of a political nature that requires decision making from the political class

General Musa also bemoaned criticisms from various quarters over the military’s effect on ending the scourge of banditry.