Bandits’ Letter: Police Assure Sokoto Communities Of Safety

There was panic and palpable fear in some communities in Sokoto as notorious bandits allegedly announced their scheduled visit in a letter to them.

The letter which was written in Hausa language was found under a tree in one of the communities in which the discovery make residents of the communities now living in fear.

The letter, which is currently in circulation on social media in the state revealed that five communities of Shuni, Kwanar Kimba, Rikina, and Dange, all in Dange/Shuni local government area of Sokoto state are listed as targets of the attack.

The bandits also boasted that no force can stop them from carrying out their threat.

The bandits allegedly added that a million army personnel will not stop them from carrying out their planned attack which they said may be carried out at any moment from now.

In response, the state Commissioner of Police, Kola Okunlola, in a statement on Sunday, assured members of the communities that the police are on the trail of those who wrote the letter.

Meanwhile, in another news, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has dismissed trending pictures and videos in circulation showing dumping of dead bodies into mass graves, purported to be bodies of people killed in military operations.

The Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Sawyerr, dismissed the pictures and videos in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.

Sawyer said that a picture with the caption, “Alhamdulillah, Zamfara Must Secure” and several other viral gory pictures and videos were purported to have emanated from the ongoing military operations in the North-West and North-Central parts of the country.

According to him, it is pertinent to state that the allegation is false and malicious and has no link whatsoever with the operations being conducted by troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN).

“However, it is true that the AFN are presently conducting successful military operations against bandits and kidnappers in line with their constitutional roles.

“These operations are conducted in strict compliance with the rules of armed conflicts, utmost professional manner, strict adherence to rules of engagement and respect for fundamental human rights and dignity.

“The viral pictures being circulated have nothing in common with the ongoing operations.

“This callous action of linking ongoing operations with falsehood is deliberate and thus seeks to tarnish the good image and reputation of the AFN,” he said.

Sawyerr stated that the military had been carrying out periodic media briefings where pictures of the operations were usually displayed to complement achievements in the ongoing operations.

He urge the public to disregard the gory pictures, assuring that the military would continue to perform its constitutional mandate of ensuring that the nation remained safe and peaceful for all law abiding citizens.

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