Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Mr
Adejoro Adeogun.
The Deputy Chairman, House of Representatives Committee
on National Security and Intelligence, Mr Adejoro Adeogun, has
faulted the Katsina State Government for granting amnesty to
bandits in the state.
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari had on August 1, 2019
granted amnesty to cattle rustlers and armed bandits have been
granted amnesty as part of measures to restore peace in the
state.
But Adeogun, who was a guest during Channels Television’s
Politics Today on Sunday, said granting amnesty to bandits or
negotiating with them is an acceptance of failure.
“Negotiating with bandits or thinking of amnesty for bandits is
actually an acceptance of failure. It is a vote of no confidence on
the capability of the security forces that we actually have to sit
down with criminals to negotiate,” he said.
“Then that is the situation we have found ourselves and I think
the governor of Katsina State was helpless and he took that
measure.
“It has failed; it is not going to work. When you are offering
amnesty, you offer amnesty to someone who has been defeated not
someone who is saying I want to fight to die. I think we are
adopting the wrong procedure.”
On the way forward, the lawmaker who represents Akoko South
East/South West Federal Constituency in the House of
Representatives asked the Federal Government to build the capacity
of the nation’s armed forces to effectively tackle insecurity in
the country.
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His remarks come two days after gunmen invaded Government
Science Secondary School in Ƙanƙara Local Government Area of
Katsina State, causing students, teachers, and staff members to
flee for their lives.
Following the unfortunate incident on Friday night, Governor
Masari confirmed that three hundred and thirty-three students were
still missing.
The governor gave the figure when he received a Federal
Government delegation led by the National Security Adviser,
Babagana Monguno on Sunday.
The governor who explained that the school has a population of
839 students said so far, those kidnapped cut across the state with
the boarding school housing all children from all parts of the
state and outside the state.
“Based on the available record we have, we are still searching
for 333 students through either the forest or their parents to
ascertain the actual number that has been kidnapped,” Governor
Masari said.
“We are still counting because more are coming out from the
forest and we are calling through the numbers those parents that
have phone numbers to find out whether or not their children have
gone back home.
“We as a government we are yet to be contacted by any group or
person responsible for the kidnap of the students.”