STF soldiers get mandate to shoot on sight
DAILY TRUST, Written by NAN Sunday, 04 September 2011 15:46
Angered by rampant shooting of its men in Jos, the military Special Task Force (STF), has mandated soldiers
to shoot on sight, any one carrying or using arms on others. "The STF is now mandated to use all the necessary force within its powers on anybody carrying and using arms or dangerous weapons on another person,’’ its spokesman said. The spokesman, Charles Ekeocha in a statement in Jos on Sunday warned the youths against "testing the might of the soldiers’’, saying that whoever did that would be doing so at his or her peril.
Ekeocha disclosed that three soldiers shot by the youths were lying critically ill in the hospital, and regretted that they were gunned down by people they were supposed to protect. According to him, "everywhere in the state is infested with weapons, with sporadic shots heard both day and night. The sporadic shooting by the Muslim and Christian youths, is also targeted at the soldiers,’’ he regretted, and advised politicians, traditional rulers, religious leaders and parents to counsel their wards.
"The soldiers are no more prepared to turn the other cheek,’’ he warned. (NAN)
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