The Chairman, Senate Committee on Military, Ali Ndume, has rejected the provision of blanket amnesty to bandits.
Ndume stated it has the tendency to breed new forms of criminality in Nigeria.
The Borno South senator spoke on Sunday Politics.
According to Ndume, “I don’t think blanket amnesty is the solution because if you do that, another form of criminality may emerge, hoping that the federal government will bring them to the negotiating table.”
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He added: “This isn’t a conventional war, we aren’t fighting another nation. We have the forces on the ground, however, they need what it takes, especially modern equipment for surveillance, monitoring, and intelligence gathering.”
Recall that bandits had last month demanded a blanket amnesty after they kidnapped some students and staff of Authorities Science College, Kagara, in Rafi Local Government of Niger State.
A popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, made the bandits’ demands known to Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State.
Bandits have been on the rampage in states like Niger, Katsina, Zamfara and a few Northern parts of Nigeria recently.
