Banditry: You’re the Next To Go Down, Defence Chief Tells Turji

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has said the days of wanted terrorist kingpin, Bello Turji, are numbered.

According to the CDS, the renewed military onslaught on terrorists in the North West had sent panic to the camp of Turji and his gang.

He added that his latest actions were signs of panic.

Musa disclosed this in an interview at an Annual International Lecture in Abuja.

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According to him, “You can see from the action that he is taking, you will know that he is in a state of panic. He used to be emboldened to go and talk and talk as if he is the only one in charge.

“Now he knows he is not in charge. He knows it is a matter of time because Halilu Buzu that was killed was his master.

“So now that he knows his commander is gone, he knows he is next and so all that he is doing now is mere noise-making,” he said.

The CDS said that the terrorist kingpin had already crossed the line.

He said while the military operations would continue, many of the terrorists would continue to go down.

According to him, insecurity is dragging on for a long time because of poverty, illiteracy and lack of good governance within those general areas.

“So they have a large population of youths not doing anything. The more we take them out, the more people are joining them and then you remember, we have a 1,500 kilometre border with Niger Republic.

“We have another border with the Benin Republic and so a lot of people filter in and out within Nigeria. So efforts are being made to ensure that we secure those borders to deny them the ability to move in,” he said.