Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to deploy drones and missiles against bandits ravaging the Northern part of the country.
El-Rufai disclosed that the Federal Government should furnish troops with more sophisticated weapons against bandits.
Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, the Governor said the Federal government does not have any other option but to deploy a combination of air and ground forces against bandits in the North.
According to El-Rufai: ‘I think the security agencies also need more advanced technology. The Air force needs more drones.
‘Drones are much cheaper than planes, and there are drones now that can carry missiles.
‘But drones can be more targeted, more selective, and quiet. And drones can also fly in circumstances that airplanes cannot due to bad weather.
‘We need the combination of airpower, and we need troops on the ground augmented by local expertise and knowledge. We need just one, two, three months of operation just to kill all these bandits.
‘It’s the only way to stop this. So the only option that we have is to ensure that we kill them all.’
Africa Daily News, New York understands that banditry has taken a more dangerous dimension in recent days as they even attacked the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Tuesday afternoon.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
