Buhari’s Former Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu has urged The Federal Government of Nigeria to give bandits a promising future by negotiating with them.
Speaking on Channels Television during the Politics Today Program on Tuesday, Shittu emphasized that not every approach in dealing with banditry would bring about good results, adding that most of these bandits are able-bodied men whom the Federal Government should retain.
Also Shittu revealed that millions of out-of-school children in Northern Nigeria are a “production factory for banditry” in the country.
In his words, “If I am in position, it is not too late to use non-kinetic measures in negotiating with bandits, giving them a promising future. Let us retain them. Many of them are very intelligent, many of them are able-bodied.”
Recall that controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, who reportedly was invited by the Federal Government for questioning had also urged the Tinubu’s led government to negotiate with the bandits to avoid repeating ex- President Buhari ‘s mistake.
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