President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his government has the capacity to deploy massive force against Fulani bandits in the villages where they operate but has to put into consideration the lives of innocent citizens.
Buhari said his government’s limitation is the fear of heavy casualties of innocent villagers and hostages who might be used as human shields by the bandits.
Buhari said this in reaction to the abduction of over 300 Government Secondary Schoolgirls from Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara state on Friday.
In a statement signed on Friday and made available to newsmen by Garba Shehu, his spokesman, Buhari warned that no criminal group can be too strong for the government to defeat.