 President Mohamed Buhari has directed the military and other security agencies to deal decisively with any person or group on the mining effort to achieve a sustainable peace, security and stability in the country. The president, however, assured that the country will ultimately defeat the forces of evil. According to the special advisor to the president of media and publicity, Femi Adishina, President Buhari said he has given security agents specific orders not to spare any bandit or terrorist threatened the lives and property of innocent Nigerians. According to Adishina, Buhari commiserated with the government and people of South Dakota state over the recent loss of lives and property. As a result of outrageous attacks by bandits and other criminal gangs, he said the president assured the people that he remained unrelenting in his resolve to put an end to heinous criminal activities in the state and other parts of the country.