Garba Shehu, a presidential spokesperson, says President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security agencies to shoot anyone seen with AK-47.
Shehu, who disclosed this in an interview with the BBC, said the president directed a clampdown on bandits who have refused to surrender.
On the efforts being made to rid Zamfara and other northern states of bandits, Shehu said the government is resorting to lethal force.
“The president has ordered security forces to go into the bushes and shoot whoever they see with sophisticated weapons like AK-47,” he said in the interview monitored by TheCable.
“He ordered that whoever is visible with terrible weapons in any respect ought to be shot straight away.”
‘JETS BEING USED TO TRANSPORT ARMS TO ZAMFARA’
The presidential spokesperson additionally said the federal authorities declared Zamfara a no-fly zone following intelligence that fingers had been being transported to the bandits with private jets.
He said the jets also are used to cart away gold from the nation to Dubai, which, according to him, prompted the ban on mining sports additionally announced on Tuesday.
“These jets are getting used to pick up gold this is being mined in some components of Zamfara and exported. This is powerful because in the meanwhile,” he stated.
“There is a Nigerian gold marketplace in Dubai. The government is losing, the people of this united states of america are losing, that’s why it is stated that gold mining is banned for those who aren't made through the authorities.”
The ban on mining sports in Zamfara became first introduced in April 2017 amid reviews that actors going after the country’s gold reserves are fuelling its safety crisis.
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