By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
ABUJA- PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has said that the rampaging terrorists and bandits have been reduced to scavenging from artisanal miners and farmers for survival because they are boxed into a corner.
The President has also expressed mourning over the senseless killing in Borno and Katsina states by terrorists and bandits in the past two days.
A statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said, “Today, Nigeria is in mourning for the senseless loss of lives seen in Borno State and Katsina State over the last 48 hours.
“President Muhammadu Buhari holds the victims in his thoughts and his prayers.
“The perpetrators will be brought to justice–and they are running scared.”
According to the statement, 56,000 Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists have surrendered to the authorities in a year and still counting.
It said, “That these terrorists and…
