Buhari directs security agents to shoot anyone seen with AK-47

Garba Shehu, a presidential spokesperson, says President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security agencies to shoot anyone seen with AK-47.

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Shehu, who disclosed this in an interview with the BBC, said the president directed a clampdown on bandits who have refused to surrender.

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On the efforts being made to rid Zamfara and other northern states of bandits, Shehu said the government is resorting to lethal force.

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“The president has ordered security forces to go into the bushes and shoot whoever they see with sophisticated weapons like AK-47,” he said in the interview monitored by TheCable.

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He ordered that whoever is seen with terrible weapons at all should be shot immediately.”