Bandits are uneducated rebels – Ex-Minister, Shittu on why there’s no banditry in Southwest

“What is happening in the Northwest and Northeast in
particular is a rebellion against the neglect of the poor.

“Now that we have the issue of banditry on our hands, we
have over the years been spending billions of naira in kinetic approach and
it’s because people left out of education and civilization that Westernization
brings about are rebelling.”

This follows Shittu’s advice to the President Bola Tinubu-led
Federal Government to give bandits a promising future by negotiating with them.

He said most of the bandits are able-bodied men who the
Federal Government should retain.

The former Minister said a non-kinetic approach in dealing
with banditry would bring about a lot of results.