The Minister of Defence, Brigadier-General Mansur Dan-Ali (rtd) has said the possibility of links between armed bandits wreaking havoc on rural communities in Zamfara State and Boko Haram could not be ruled out.

Speaking with newsmen during a fact-finding tour to Zamfara State, the minister said criminals would always look for ways to have logistic support adding that the main issues would be securing the borders across the nation.

He said he came to interact with the troops and know their operational challenges and other problems and devise a way forward.

“I just came from Chad and we have been talking to them. We have been talking to the neighbouring Niger Republic and Cameron to ensure that our borders are being well taken care of in terms of arms movement which I believe will have a drastic effect on the challenges of armed banditry in Nigeria,” he said.

According to him, even if one million soldiers were brought to the state unless the stakeholders were ready for peace, little would be achieved.

The minister said the recruitment of the Civilian Joint Task Force members should have come earlier than recently as “the military don’t know the terrain that was why they are being killed, they are not trained to be killed, they are human beings too. The soldiers are trained to bring peace.”

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/zamfara-bandits-may-have-link-to-boko-haram-defence-minister.html

God will continue to bless this country

Defence Minister, your primary duty in 2019 should be to bring to justice the real financiers of Biko Haram and not by wasting the young lives the are drafted to war they know nothing about

Cats are afraid of water because their ancestors lived in an area with very few large bodies of water and never had to learn how to swim.

Terrorism and banditry are growing day by day in Nigeria, the country have become so lawless. If care is not taken terrorism and banditry will consume the whole Nation.

It all started in the NE like play like play then NW then NC other regions may not be safe if terrorism annihilated the three Northern zones.



Our leaders should do something fast.

The Minister for Defense is from Zamfara. Zamfara is currently under fire.

The COAS and current National Security Advicer are from Borno with both their ancestral towns/villages currently under the control of BH.

The NIA director is claiming Katsina although it is an open secret that he is originally from Chad and married to a foreigner. How in God's holy name did he become head of the Nigerian equivalent of the CIA? Ask the Sahelian bigot.

And last but by no way least, the current President's state is also burning with 8 LGA under the control of bandits et alia Boko Haram.

If Buhari and his quota-system sahelian clowns can not secure their respective states, how in God's name does any one of you trousered educated illiterates in the south expect him to protect you?

Do NOT reinforce Failure.

Let's kick this Duaran back to his arid goat fcking capital.

tsephanyah:
Cats are afraid of water because their ancestors lived in an area with very few large bodies of water and never had to learn how to swim.

So you are back with new Qoutes.

What happened to Banana and Apple

This statement alone is more than enough to make that guy worst defense minister we ever had.

So he is not even sure whether they are connected or not despite daily security reports going to his desk.

Or is he telling us the security agencies in the country are no longer doing their job?

gradually nigeria is turning to afghanistan,and our security system are not working,for me let there be total overhaul of military and para military allow compotent hands to be incharge not matter where they are from,who knowns things will get better

The god forsaking janitor will not see this thread and do the needful