{"id":129350,"date":"2022-01-04T05:58:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T04:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=129350"},"modified":"2022-01-04T05:58:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T04:58:22","slug":"lets-bomb-forests-to-tackle-banditry-says-el-rufai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/04\/lets-bomb-forests-to-tackle-banditry-says-el-rufai\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s bomb forests to tackle banditry, says El-Rufai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai has stated that security operatives should &#8220;carpet bomb the forests&#8221; to wipe out bandits.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated by the governor in a chat with Arise TV on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>El-Rufai attributed the prolonged inability of security operatives to curb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/31\/defence-minister-to-troops-nigeria-relying-on-you-to-completely-defeat-banditry\/\">banditry<\/a> in the northwest region to a \u201clack of enough boots on the ground\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He added that more investment in security personnel, technology and military equipment will see bandits wiped out \u201conce and for all\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese bandits operate in the periphery because their hiding place is in the forest. It\u2019s a major problem. The security agencies are doing their best but they are overstretched,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality is we don\u2019t have enough boots on the ground to address the myriad of security challenges that we face, and these security challenges are asymmetric, widespread, and there\u2019s no part of Nigeria that doesn\u2019t have one security problem or the other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRamp up the number of boots and more technology and more investment in armament and wipe these guys once and for all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese bandits operate in the periphery because their hiding place is in the forest. It\u2019s a major problem. The security agencies are doing their best but they are overstretched,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality is we don\u2019t have enough boots on the ground to address the myriad of security challenges that we face, and these security challenges are asymmetric, widespread, and there\u2019s no part of Nigeria that doesn\u2019t have one security problem or the other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRamp up the number of boots and more technology and more investment in armament and wipe these guys once and for all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always believed that, you know, we should carpet-bomb the forests; we can replant the trees after. Let\u2019s carpet-bomb the forests and bomb all of them. There will be collateral damage, but it\u2019s better to wipe them out and get people back to our communities so that agriculture and rural economics can pick up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai has stated that security operatives should &#8220;carpet bomb the forests&#8221; to wipe out bandits. This was stated by the governor in a chat with Arise TV on Monday. 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