Buhari Treating Terrorists, Secessionists Same Way, No Prejudice – Presidency

Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, says those who parrot the notion that President Muhammadu Buhari is treating terrorists and bandits with leniency but ruthless with secessionists are mischievous.

For months on end, there’s been heightened agitation for self-determination with Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) clamouring for Republic of Biafra while Yoruba Nation advocates demand for Oduduwa Republic.

But public demonstrations by the secessionists to press home their demands have been met with brute force by security agents who clampdown on the agitators ruthlessly.

Some Nigerians have accused Buhari of condoning the atrocities of insurgents and bandits while turning the heat on harmless agitators.

Reacting to the assertion of prejudice in addressing issues of security concerns by the government, Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman in a Facebook post on Friday, said claims that Buhari’s government pats terrorists on the back but hounds separatists are false.

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He cited instances where the military dealt with bandits and insurgents.

“It amazes, even confounds, to hear some people say President Muhammadu Buhari should go after Boko Haram terrorists and bandits with the same gusto he has displayed against separatists in the country,” he wrote.

“Amazing and confounding because what the Buhari government does daily in the north-east, north-west, and north-central parts of the country, where terrorists and bandits abound, sends them to God to answer for their crimes.

“This much has been confirmed by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya. Hear the Army Chief, on the day he was decorated with his new rank: “That’s what we have started doing already. Many of them have been sent to God to answer for their crimes, and we will continue to do that.

“President Buhari had ordered the security forces to crush all violent criminals and those sponsoring insurrection in the country, vowing that they would be treated “in the language they understand.” And it is happening without let or hindrance, without fear or favour.

“Why then do some people claim that certain troublers of the country are being treated with softer hands, than some others? This could be due to deliberate ignorance, mischief, or pure hatred. Those who keenly follow the war against insurgency and banditry in the northern part of the country, and who want to be honest, would admit that no quarter is being asked, and none is being given. Every effort is being made to extirpate the evil from our body polity”.

Adesina said all criminal elements, irrespective of their category, are “being spoken to in the language they understand”.

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