COAS Orders Troops to Eliminate Bandits In Katsina

Francis Sardauna in Katsina

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant-General Olufemi Oluyede, has ordered troops in Katsina State to eliminate bandits and other criminal elements terrorising communities in the state.

Oluyede, who gave the order Wednesday during an operational visit to 17 Brigade, Katsina, charged the troops to rekindle their operational efforts in order to completely flush out the hoodlums in the state.

He said the elimination of the criminal elements would enable the government to have adequate space to execute developmental projects for the citizens.

He said, “I have come to urge them and charge them to do more so that we can eliminate all these bandits from the state and for us to have a safer state to live in.

“We have recorded a big number of successes and that is why I am here to charge them to do more because the essence is to eliminate the bandits totally from the state.

“It is important for us to eliminate all the bandits within this area so that Nigerians can have a place to live in, so that the government can have a space to develop and Nigerians will be happy for it.”

Oluyede, however, said the operational visit was to enable him to appraise operational activities of the Brigade and its challenges and “see how fast I can address them so that they can do the job we have assigned them to do very well.”