Kaduna-Abuja Train attack: Bandits and Boko Haram are in a kind of collaboration – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and culture Lai Mohammed has said that Bandits and Boko Haram are in some kind of collaboration.

Lai Mohammed on Wednesday April 12, said this while taking questions from State House reporters after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

He said this following reports of what transpired at the Kaduna Train attack.

Mohammed said; “What is happening now is that there is a kind of an unholy handshake between bandits and Boko Haram insurgents. Preliminary reports of what transpired at the Kaduna train attacks shows that there is a kind of collaboration between the bandits and the dislodged Boko Haram terrorists from the northeast. I can tell you very confidently that the Federal Government on the top of this matter.”

The Defence Minister on his own part said; “Honestly, I think the security chiefs are working hard to unveil those that are involved, and we will tell you very soon those that are carrying out these attacks. Both Jos and Kaduna, we will come and explain to the public what is really going on and our efforts to ensure that all these activities are stopped once and for all. We are really on top of the situation, we are planning hard and we will get it out as soon as possible.”

The Minister assured that security forces are tackling the issue to make sure there is no repeat of such attacks.