By Abdullahi Mukhtar AlgasgainiThe chief of defencce staff general, Christopher Musa, stated that currently, the bandits, who no longer have any town under their control, have devised a new strategy for recruiting fighters.
He explained that in the past, they would raid villages to force men, whether willing or not, to take up arms and join them, threatening to kill them if they refused.
However, during an interview on Arise Television, he said they no longer have that option.
He further explained that the new tactic the bandits are using involves getting women pregnant repeatedly, using the children born as fighters.
According to him, once a woman gets pregnant and gives birth, within four months, the bandits would return to the woman to impregnate her again.
Some bandits, he added, who surrendered and handed over over 120,000 weapons, mostly small arms, had recruited children as fighters.