The Federal Government has declared bandits as terrorists, .
This comes weeks after Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja granted an ex parte application for bandits to be declared as terrorists.
Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the Federation and Minister of Justice, has now gazetted the court judgement.
The declaration is contained in a gazette proscribing their existence and restraining any person or group of persons from participating in activities of bandit groups.
The past two years has seen heightened activities of banditry with wanton kidnappings and killings across Nigeria especially the North-West including Kaduna, Zamfara, Sokoto, and Katsina.
