VDM Speaks After Zamfara Attack — Here’s His Plan to End Banditry

[00:00:00]We have to do what we have never done before.

[00:00:02]We have to chase these people away by force.

[00:00:05]Because if we don't do that, they will come to us.

[00:00:13]All right. So, this sad news came in today.

[00:00:16]Breaking. Armed bandits invaded farmlands in Goronyo, Rabah LGA district under Maradun local government area of Zamfara state, killing 16 farmers and injuring 13 others. See the body of the farmers that was on a live by the armed bandits. Also today, as you can see, rest in peace, sir. Our doctor, retired Major General Abubakar Rabi'u has passed away in the bandits' den. This is sad just today.

[00:00:46]Bandits went to Zamfara. They on a live farmers.

[00:00:51]About 16 of them and less cause injured.

[00:00:54]And also, the retired army spokesperson, Abubakar Rabi'u, have been in the custody of the kidnappers, him and his wife. Um today, the news came out that he passed away in the den of the kidnappers.

[00:01:10]Like I said, this time, what Nigeria need to do now more than ever is [music] we have to do what we have never done before.

[00:01:18]We have to chase these people away by force.

[00:01:21]Because if we don't do that, they will come to us. Regardless, we are not winning this war. We are at war.

[00:01:29]If we still wait for only police, military, I swear to God, these people will finish us.

[00:01:36]We they talk about this thing. They enter Borno.

[00:01:39]They carry Chibok girls.

[00:01:41]We shout, "Government, bring back our girls. Bring back our girls." They never brought back those girls.

[00:01:48]We let it go. We move on with our lives.

[00:01:51]They never brought back the girls.

[00:01:53]They moved on. They bombed mosques. They moved on. They bombed churches. They moved on, they kidnapped Muslim girls, Muslim children.

[00:02:03]They moved on, they pursued our farmers.

[00:02:06]They claimed our farmlands.

[00:02:09]They claimed the forests.

[00:02:11]They've chased away investors, especially in Jos, Benue area. Those people are suffering because bandits have successfully chased away potential investors.

[00:02:21]You could remember when they were calling women, Nigerian women, beautiful Nigerian women, Igbo men were calling them tomato Jos.

[00:02:29]This is because Jos was a place where they farm. They bring fresh food from Jos, Irish potato, tomato, cucumber, different things, different vegetables. But now you cannot call anybody tomato Jos because it's now tomato bandits.

[00:02:47]Borno before, people were living in Borno. Now people watch their back, they're walking on eggshells.

[00:02:54]Kwara state, now Kwara state, the whole community have been left. They ran away because of these bandits.

[00:03:04]Nasarawa state, some parts they've run away, they've run away.

[00:03:09]Jos is the place where they attack every day.

[00:03:12]Slowly, slowly, these people keep on taking and they're closing in.

[00:03:18]We can no longer travel by road because of these people.

[00:03:22]We can't travel by road.

[00:03:24]And air transportation is expensive.

[00:03:28]Nigerians can no longer do business because the cost of doing business is also expensive.

[00:03:33]People travel to Lagos before to bring goods.

[00:03:36]They can't.

[00:03:38]We can't farm again, that's why foods are expensive.

[00:03:41]So at this point in time, what do we do?

[00:03:45]We have to put hands together and make sure we chase them out.

[00:03:51]Look at their format. These people are just here to cause destruction and turn us to Libya.

[00:03:59]They first of all claim that they are fighting for Islam.

[00:04:03]These same people they don't burn mosques, they don't burn churches. Go and do your research.

[00:04:08]A lot of imams and sheikhs that spoke against Boko Haram in the earliest stage, some of them were murdered in the mosques.

[00:04:16]A lot of them.

[00:04:18]These people have un-alived a lot of Muslims Muslim women, carried their children, sold them.

[00:04:29]The north now is a disaster. You can't live in the north anymore.

[00:04:35]Now they don't leave the north out.

[00:04:38]They don't go east.

[00:04:39]Now they don't dare or your state, come on.

[00:04:43]When do they stop?

[00:04:45]That's why I say I did beg the youth.

[00:04:48]We need to take the party to them.

[00:04:50]We have to take the party to them. We no get gone.

[00:04:54]Yes.

[00:04:56]We no get gone. So we will tell military make they come. If they they fear make they teach us how to use hand that day, only that day. We will enter that bush.

[00:05:04]Let me tell you something.

[00:05:06]They are threatening that if anybody come to the bush that they are going to un-alive those children.

[00:05:12]Right?

[00:05:13]But people no go bush. We no go already be a teacher.

[00:05:19]We no go bush.

[00:05:21]Uh uh uh Abubakar Shekau baby don't die for our hand.

[00:05:28]We no go bush. We no only flog people.

[00:05:31]We no never ever show us proof say those children still they alive.

[00:05:35]At the end of the day, man we want to take the party there. There will be collateral damage, you.

[00:05:41]Ah.

[00:05:42]To make this statement there will be collateral damage if it be even me.

[00:05:48]By this point But at this point, I fear because if I look change them, they'll come for me.

[00:05:56]And the best form of defense is attack.

[00:05:59]I try to use even if not stone with the stone. Make this police where they use the gun. Make them shoot. Make them have me where they use the gun. They shoot more they throw stone. It don't see like that. You have to put hands together to send these bandits away.

[00:06:11]We have to put hands together to send these terrorists away.

[00:06:15]Operation smoke them out.

[00:06:17]Ratheos This generation now we go push you down.

[00:06:21]That's been going on for too long.

[00:06:23]We are sending a message to Boko Haram.

[00:06:25]Prepare yourself. We are coming for you hard.

[00:06:29]We are coming for you hard. I don't know how, but we will present ourselves.

[00:06:33]Someone reinforce because we will be reinforced to come.

[00:06:38]Like I said, DSS, police, air force, navy, all of you going to mount.

[00:06:45]We go follow this time.

[00:06:47]And this where we want to put me up on.

[00:06:50]Enough is enough.

[00:06:53]Enough is enough. We no go die again.

[00:06:56]Enough is enough.

[00:06:58]Taking to one end schools.

[00:07:01]Go to school. You cannot children burn children school and all that. No.

[00:07:05]You can't let that happen anymore.