Why dialogue with bandits won’t work -Shehu Sani

From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna

The former Senator representing Kaduna Central in the Upper Chamber senator, Shehu Sani has said dialogue with bandits cannot end the bloodshed in northwest, as such attempt in the past did not yield any positive result.
Senator Sani made this known via his verified Twitter handle, following the call for the federal government by a former Zamfara state governor, Sani Yarima to negotiate with the bandits.
The lawmaker gave his own reason that, “ Dialogue with bandits will not work because of these three reasons; they are not an armed movement founded in the pursuit of any religious, ethnic or political causes, other than extortion by atrocious blackmail, abductions and cold blooded murder of innocent citizens.
“Two, they are not united under a single leadership, but operates in clusters and criminal gangs; three, their motivation is money; they kill and abduct for money.
“Bandits are unlike Iswap and Boko elements whose acts of abduction, terrorist attacks and slaughter of innocent citizens is done under the guise of religion.
“Dialogue with Bandits is a waste of time. Those Governors who tried it later regretted it.”