Solomon Dalung, a former minister of sports, talked about his encounter with a bandit on TikTok some time ago.
In an interview with News Central, Dalung claimed that when he questioned the bandit about why they were murdering people, he said that vigilantes also killed them and stole their animals.
The bandit stated that this led them to resolve to remain in the jungle and take up arms, according to the former minister.
“I was on TikTok one day and a young bandit, trained in the bush,” he remarked. He claimed to be a bush bandit. I then questioned him, “Why do you kill people?” and he said, “Well, they took up arms and are in the bush because the vigilantes killed them and stole their cattle.”
“But you kill also kill fulanis like you and rustle their cows,” I replied. “Look, the only Fulanis they know are the ones in the bush,” he informed me. There are no Fulani in the town. They will kill them if they spot them.
According to Dalung, he inquired about ways to put an end to the practice of assaulting and disfiguring people. He claimed that in response, the bandit declared they were willing to negotiate the surrender of their firearms.
“It was frightening how confident he was speaking,” Dalung remarked.
He urged the National Assembly to change the constitution to allow Nigerians to defend themselves with firearms.
