The Nigerian Armed Forces have warned terrorists in Zamfara State and other states in the North West to surrender now or end up dying from the troop’s firepower.
News About Nigeria reports that the Theatre Commander of the newly established Operation Fansar Yamma, Major General Oluyinka Soyele, said this during a visit to Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State at the Government House in Gusau, the State capital.
According to Soyele, the troops are more than before committed to taking the fight against banditry to the terrorists in their enclaves, in order to free Zamfara and other states from the incessant attacks.
Soyele also assured that NAF is ready to launch an onslaught against the daredevil terrorists, to flush them out of Zamfara and other troubled parts of the Northwest zone.
He added that the support of the people to the troops is crucial to winning the ongoing war against the terrorists.
He therefore called on residents of Zamfara and other states to furnish the troops with timely and adequate information that could help them root out the terrorists from their hideouts.
He said, “We are more committed than ever to make sure that Zamfara State and all other Northwest states and part of the North Central are free from all terrorist activities, we are much more than ready to take the battle to them, it is either they surrender or they die.”
“We are making efforts to reach out to the local communities and heads of some villages, we are trying to let them know that it is only by their support that will make us overcome the menace of terrorism in the state, it is not by aiding the bandits, alongside kinetic operations, we are also going to conduct non-kinetic operations.”
On his part, the Governor of Zamfara, Dauda Lawal, acknowledged the terrorists’ attacks on the Gusau-Funtua highway, adding that it is ready to deal with the challenge to restore normalcy and peace.
He further pledged his administration’s commitment to partnering with NAF in winning the war against terrorism.
