The government of President Muhammadu Buhari has been hauled by the United Kingdom Parliament.
The National Assembly stated that Nigerians Government are at the mercy of bandits and terrorists who attack individuals and communities at will under President Muhammadu Buhari's administration.
Caroline Cox, Rowan Williams, David Alton, Mervyn Thomas, and Ayo Adedoyin, members of the House of Lords, the upper chamber of parliament, raised their concerns in a complaint letter to Dominic Raab, the UK foreign secretary.
The parliamentarians cited a recent event where bandits shot down a Nigerian Air Force fighter jet, as they expressed worry that the country was now under the control of non-state actors unleashing terror at will, particularly in the North-East and North-West.
“An intense gunfire from bandits caused an aircraft returning to base from a mission on the Zamfara-Kaduna border to crash.
“We fear that Nigerian citizens are now at the mercy of non-state actors who have been allowed to evolve and now have the capacity to shoot down a fighter jet, as has recently occurred in Kaduna.
“These non-state actors are currently unleashing terror at will, particularly in the North-East and North-West,” the letter said.
Meanwhile, Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State had raised an alarm over the displacement of many residents by the insurgents around Munya and Shiroro, adding that the terrorists hoisted their flag in Kauri.
Also, there have been several media reports of bandits’ attacks on soldiers particularly in the Northern region.
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