Nigerians Should Stop Being Cowards And Confront Bandits__Defence Minister, General Magashi Blows Hot
Nigerian Defence Minister, Major General Bashir Magashi, on Wednesday February 17, 2021, encouraged Nigerians to stop being cowards and confront bandits.
The defence minister, while reacting to the news of the killing of a student and the abduction of 27 of his colleagues from Government College in Niger State, stated that security issue is not restricted to the military alone but a collective responsibility.
He also wondered why Nigerians always run away from what he called “minor, minor aggressions.”
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He said it was a thing of surprise to him that Nigerians often took to their heels on hearing gunshots fired by bandits who sometimes strike with only three rounds of ammunition.
He said: “It is the responsibility of everybody to be alert and ensure safety when necessary.
“We shouldn’t be cowards. Sometimes bandits come with about three rounds of ammunition and when they fire shots everybody will run. In our younger days, we stand to fight any form of aggression."
“Why should people run away from minor, minor aggressions? We should stand and face them. If these people know that the people have the competence and capability to defend themselves, they will run away.”
He added, ”Almost all the incidents of abducting students from schools happened in Northern Nigerian and we all know our leaders of yesterday, probably right from independence, have worked so hard to ensure that children go to school in the Northern part of Nigeria.
“With incidents like these we will be reversing all the gains that were made in convincing parents to take their children to school.”
Reviewed by Okenwa Chinedu
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February 18, 2021
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