President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met with state governors
from the northern part of the country at the State House,
Abuja.
The meeting bordered on increasing insecurity in the northern
parts of the country.
Speaking with State House correspondents, Katsina State Governor
said that they came to brief the President on the increasing
insecurity in the North.
He said they came to see the President based on a resolution of
the Northern state governors forum at a meeting held in Kaduna 10
days ago.
According to him, the increasing banditry and kidnapping in the
North West and North Central is gradually becoming more threatening
like the insurgency in the North East.
He called for urgent and decisive action against the insecurity
in the area.
He said “The issue that brought us to the President is about the
rising insecurity in the north west, north central and north east.
North east is known for Boko Haram insurgency but of recent what
was known to be cattle rustling in North West and some parts of
north central has turned out to be something different from what we
had before.
“So, this concern made us to come and brief the president so
that urgent action would be taken in order to curb this deadly
menace of banditry which is gradually graduating into
insurgency.
“You know the north west with a vast forest area going to north
central and then even going out of Nigeria.
“So we need to act quickly and decisively so that it doesn’t
turn into something else like what we had in the northeast,” he
said.
According to him, the President has given his full commitment
that something seriously will be done in order to make sure that
the menace is curbed.
The governor said they made suggestions to the president on the
way forward but that, “It’s not for public consumption “
On Magajin Gari Daura who was abducted 26 days ago, he said “I
think the police are working serious and they have made some
progress but for obvious reasons, they cannot disclose all what
they have done for security reasons but work is going on.”
The governors at the meeting included Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna
state, Kashim Shetima of Borno, Yahaya Bello of Kogi, Simon Lalong
of Plateau, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state, Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi
and Sani Bello of Niger State.