The Federal Government has been charged to crush insurgents and their sponsors instead of forgiving them.
The former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode made the charge on Tuesday in Akure, Ondo State capital at the opening ceremony of the Law Week of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Akure Branch.
“People that dedicate their lives to taking the lives of others, in my view, have no right to life. They must be eliminated, they must be crushed, they must be destroyed,” Fani-Kayode sai
While affirming that he will not support the Federal Government having dialogue with insurgents who had ravaged the country for years, the former Minister said: “No negotiation, no discussion, no compromise, no giving them any excuses or saying they’ve changed.
“It is incumbent upon the state, each and every officer of the state, at every level of the state, to crush the vermin that behaves in that way,” he said.
He added that over the years, Nigerians had stood up to threats or narratives, either internal or external, to divide the country.
According to him, Nigerians will not succumb to any threat nor give up on their challenges, but face the country’s challenges squarely and come out victorious.
“We will solve our problems, we are getting better and better at it every day, we are moving forward as a nation,” he stated.
Fani-Kayode also said President Bola Tinubu’s reforms were aimed at rescuing the country from external dependence and strengthening the country’s sovereignty.
