Buhari: I’ve given power to military, police to be ruthless, you’ll see it in few weeks’ time.
President Muhammadu Buhari said he had given the police and armed forces the instructions to be ruthless with bandits, kidnappers and vandals terrorising innocent citizens across the country.
He stated on Arise Television on Thursday morning that he had told the security agencies to treat bandits and other criminals in the “the language they understand”.
“Problem in the north-west; you have people over there stealing each other’s cattle and burning each other’s villages.
“Like I said, we are going to treat them in the language they understand.
“We have given the police and the military the power to be ruthless. You watch it in a few weeks’ time there will be difference.”
”Because we told them if we keep people away from their farm, we are going to starve. And the government can’t control the public.
“If you allow hunger, the government is going to be in trouble and we don’t want to be in trouble.
“We are already in enough trouble. So we warn them, sooner than later you’ll see the difference,’’ he said.
