{"id":129747,"date":"2022-01-04T17:29:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T16:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=129747"},"modified":"2022-01-04T17:29:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T16:29:32","slug":"malami-explains-why-fg-is-yet-to-designate-bandits-as-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/04\/malami-explains-why-fg-is-yet-to-designate-bandits-as-terrorists\/","title":{"rendered":"Malami explains why FG is yet to designate bandits as terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney-general of the federation, Abubakar Malami has disclosed that the federal government is yet to gazzete the order proscribing bandits as terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that a federal high court in Abuja on November 25 declared the\u00a0activities of all bandit groups in the country as acts of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Malami while speaking during a Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) programme on Tuesday said the federal government is trying to ensure that it operates within the confines of international best practices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment has a responsibility to act but within the context of acting, you\u2019re equally expected to operate within the confines of international best practices associated with engagement, and one of such best practices is that you can only use maximum force on groups, individuals that are declared terrorists and that is where the application of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/20\/buharis-minister-discloses-major-cause-of-terrorism-banditry-corruption-in-nigeria\/\">Terrorism<\/a> Act comes in place,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever military hardware you acquire, there are limits within the context of the international convention as to how it can be used, when it can be used, and against who it can be used. And that is how the idea of looking at the activities of the bandits, cattle rustlers, kidnappers come into being.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur assessment took into consideration that they are causing a major threat to the territorial peaceful co-existence and causing a major threat to lives with weapons, the idea then came about that indeed they (bandits) have satisfied the criteria of being declared terrorists within the context of the law so that whatever military hardware at the disposal of the federal government can best be used against them within the context of the international convention and within the context of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Malami, however, noted that the process of gazetting the court order will be completed within a few days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe gazetting of a court order or judgement is a process but what matters fundamentally within the context of international convention is the judicial declaration and that has been obtained; the court has declared bandits, kidnappers, cattle rustlers as terrorists,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, with or without the gazette, what gives effect to such declaration is a judicial pronouncement but the gazette is a mere formality and it has been on and I believe within a matter of days, it will be concluded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The AGF added that the declaration of bandits as terrorists has cleared the way for the \u201cdeployment and usage\u201d of Super Tucano fighter jets against them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing I can tell you is any international conventional demands associated with the usage of the Super Tucano has been obtained which is a judicial pronouncement and declaration of bandits, cattle rustlers and kidnappers as terrorists,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney-general of the federation, Abubakar Malami has disclosed that the federal government is yet to gazzete the order proscribing bandits as terrorists. 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