The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has described the attack by bandits on the Abuja-Kaduna rail track as a terrorist act, submitting that time has now come for bandits to be labelled terrorists.
CAN made its position known even as the Northern State Council of Ansar-ud-Deen Society of Nigeria asked the Federal Government to expose sponsors of banditry in Nigeria.
The Christian body maintained that the attack on the rail track, which led to the suspension of train services from Abuja to Kaduna, was an additional cause of concern for the people of Kaduna State and those coming to do business in the state.
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Rev. John Joseph Hayab, Vice President of CAN( 19 Northern States and FCT) and chairman of Kaduna State chapter, said in a statement, titled ‘Attack on Kaduna – Abuja rail track, a final onslaught by bandits’, that bandits in Kaduna had become very strong and daring to government and security agents.
‘Thank God Governor El-Rufai himself has called on the Federal Government to declare bandits as terrorists so that our security forces can kill them. This shows further that the era of denials and playing politics with insecurity is coming to an end.
‘Unless we maintain a firm position against those tormenting our citizens, these bandits will not let us have peace.
‘Now that the bandits are destroying rail lines, what else have they not done to confirm they are terrorists and enemies of the state?
‘Our government should act decisively now before it will be too late.’
Meanwhile, the Northern State Council of Ansar-ud-Deen Society of Nigeria has asked the Federal Government to expose sponsors of banditry in Nigeria.
The Secretary, Ansar-ud-Deen Society, Northern States Council, Alhaji Isiaq Sanni, made the call in Kaduna at the weekend, as the Society and Yoruba community paid tributes to their late Chairman and President, Alhaji Liadi Adeyinka Olapade, who died penultimate Saturday.
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