Tiv youths condemn call for amnesty for bandits, terrorists, armed herdsmen

By Mashe Umaru Gwamna

The Tiv Youths under the umbrella of its apex socio-cultural organization, Tiv Youth Organisation (TYO), FCT Abuja Chapter has condemned recent calls for amnesty for bandits, terrorists and armed Herdsmen from certain quarters.
The group made this known in Abuja, weekend through its newly inaugurated President, Chief Joseph Saater Undu during his inaugural address.
While condemning the call, Chief Undu advised that security operatives should be directed to “clampdown on all identified security threats and neutralize them to give the citizens a new lease of life.”
He said, “TYO strongly condemns the call for amnesty for bandits, kidnappers and terrorists.
“I call on the president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu through the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, to direct the security chiefs to clampdown on all identified security threats and neutralize them to give the citizens a new lease of life. This is achievable if the government is sincere and willing to end insecurity in the country.
“All arrested suspects should be charged to court to answer for their crimes against innocent Nigerians. As a matter of fact, we call on the president and the National Assembly to establish Special Courts for the speedy trials of suspects arrested for terrorism, banditry and kidnapping,” he said.
On the issue of rural -urban migration, Chief Undu noted that the widespread insecurity ravaging the country, especially in North Central and other regions being orchestrated by marauding armed Herdsmen, bandits and kidnappers, is the major factor behind our current food crisis.