Zamfara bandit attack: It’s last kicking of a dying horse – APC says

By Ikechukwu Okaforadi

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the recent killing of innocent Nigerians in Zamfara villages by bandits is the last kicking of a dying horse, even as it commiserates with the families of those who lost loved ones in the attack.

In a statement issued yesterday by the National Secretary of APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), John James Akpanudoedehe, the party said the recent designation of the criminal elements as terrorist groups will further encourage the security services to deal with them as such and ultimately contain their nefarious activities in the country.

The statement said “The APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee led by Governor Mai Mala Buni expresses heartfelt condolences to the families that lost loved ones and commiserates with the government and people of Zamfara state. The killings in Zamfara state and elsewhere will not go unpunished.

“We commend and urge support for the military and other security services whose concerted onslaught on the camps of the criminals is ensuring the rescue of kidnapped citizens and neutralising the criminal elements. Already, the terrorists (formerly bandits) are now fleeing as troops clearance operations has forced their dislodgement from their enclaves. We urge Nigerians to watch out and report any suspicious movement.”

APC said President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has been steadfast in retooling the Armed Forces, recruitment of personnel and intensified training to enhance their operational capacity in safeguarding public safety and the territorial integrity of the country.