El-Rufai: We’ve enough intelligence to prevent train attack

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said that the state government has enough intelligence to prevent train attacks in the state.

This is just as the governor said the attack by terrorists on the Kaduna-bound train was a pointer to the fact that “we are in a state war”.

El-Rufai, who said this when the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, visited him, noted that the bandits’ hideouts were known.

The governor, however, urged security operatives to wipe out the terrorists.

He added that since the bandits have been declared terrorists by the court, the assailants can be legally killed without any consequences to international human rights organisations.

El-Rufai said: “We have enough intelligence for us to take action. We have enough surveillance equipment. We know what they are planning. We get the reports.

“Don’t wait until they attack before they respond. The Army should go after their enclave to wipe them out. Let the Airforce bomb them.

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“Before they were categorised as bandits and if you bombed them, you would have issues with human rights organisations and international criminal courts and so on.

“But now that have been declared terrorists by the courts, they can be legally killed without any consequences to international human rights organisations.

“We know where their camps are, we know where they are, the SSS have their phone numbers, they listen to them, and they give me the report. We know what they are planning.

“We shouldn’t be waiting for them to attack. Why can’t we go after them? We are in a state of war; this place should be declared a war zone.

“The Army, the Airforce, the Police should go in there and kill them. Will there be innocent casualties? Yes! In every war situation, there are casualties.”

The Star