The Federal Government has declared bandits as terrorists.
After weeks of foot dragging, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, gazetted a court judgement that ordered the government to declare bandits as terrorists.
States in the North-West geopolitical zone including Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto and Kaduna have been ravaged by banditry in the last year.
The nefarious activities of the marauders have also spilt into the North Central and other zones in the country.
The bandits have killed hundreds of innocent persons, kidnapped several others including schoolchildren, with some still in their custody, while some are nursing injuries sustained during the attacks.
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on November 25th 2021, had granted an ex parte application by the Federal Government for bandits to be declared as terrorists.
