President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari
Presidential spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu yesterday said that President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security agencies to shoot anyone seen with AK-47.
Mallam Shehu disclosed this in an interview with the BBC, stating that the president directed a clampdown on bandits who have refused to surrender.
In attempts to rid Zamfara and other northern states of bandits, MallM Shehu said the government is resorting to lethal force.
“The president has ordered security forces to go into the bushes and shoot whoever they see with sophisticated weapons like AK-47,” he said in the interview monitored by TheCable.
“He ordered that whoever is seen with terrible weapons at all should be shot immediately.”
