The Nigerian military has assured the nation that terrorists leaders issuing threats to Nigerian communities would be buried in 2025.
The Defence Headquarters also described bandit kingpin Bello Turji as a “dead man walking.”
In a recent viral video, Turji challenged the military to a fight, alleging that his fighters were targeting elderly people.
Turji also demanded the release of a terrorist kingpin arrested by the Nigerian troops, Baka Wurgi, threatening to unleash mayhem on residents of Zamfara communities in 2025 if the military continued to detain Wurgi.
The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, reacting to the video at the end-of-year briefing on Tuesday said he would not engage in a war of words with the terrorist kingpin but vowed that Turji would be eliminated, just like other commanders before him.
“Indeed, Bello Turji is merely a dead man walking. It will be insulting to try to join issues and words with a terrorist. Before him, there were other terrorists who boasted that they would deal with security forces. Today they are all taken out. We will do the same with other terrorist like him.
“All these terrorist leaders that we are seeing today, before them, there were some that thought that they were champions upon champions. Where are they? They are buried.
He also reacted to a report where Amnesty International requested the military to submit details of the Sokoto accidental bombing to the Attorney General of the Federation for investigation, Buba said the military would comply only after the organisation honours its invitation.
