Buhari Gives Marching Order On Banditry, Kidnapping, Cattle Rustling

President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a marching order to
security agencies to do whatever is necessary to put an end to
banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling and other related crimes
bedeviling Katsina and the Northwest region.

The Minister for Interior, Ogbeni Rauuf Aregbesola, accompanied
by the Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi, made
the disclosure at an emergency town hall meeting with stakeholders
in Katsina which was organized as part of measures to end the spate
of insecurity facing the state and the region

While assuring the region of the determination of the Federal
Government to bring its total brutal and ferocious might to bear on
the enemies of peace in the area, the minister added that time has
come to put an end to all forms of criminality.

He said: “President Muhammadu Buhari and his cabinet were
saddened with the wanton killings and destruction of lives and
property being carried out by the bandits.

“The marauding bandits terrorizing the North-West zone of the
country have massacred over 8,000 persons in Katsina, Zamfara,
Kebbi, Sokoto and Niger states.

“Their most threatening attack was on April 18, 2020 on Katsina
villages during which 47 people were killed. These criminals attack
mostly people in the rural areas; kill, steal and rape without
mercy, they are practically destroying the economy of rural areas
and the food supply chain of the country”.

He also declared that the charge received from the President is
twofold; first is to put an end to the banditry group, while the
second is to work with the government and people of the state to
restore normal life, especially to the people in the rural areas
and the farming community.

Also speaking, the Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Maigari
Dingyadi, admitted that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is bedeviled
with unprofessional conducts that are not in line with democratic
principles of governance.

He noted that the stakeholders’ engagement is coming at a time
when Police in this country is being faced with the challenge of
unprofessional conducts that are not in tune with the principles of
democratic governance

Earlier, the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari said the
state government had made frantic efforts in tackling security
challenges in the state.

President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a marching order to
security agencies to do whatever is necessary to put an end to
banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling and other related crimes
bedeviling Katsina and the Northwest region.

The Minister for Interior, Ogbeni Rauuf Aregbesola, accompanied
by the Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi, made
the disclosure at an emergency town hall meeting with stakeholders
in Katsina which was organized as part of measures to end the spate
of insecurity facing the state and the region

While assuring the region of the determination of the Federal
Government to bring its total brutal and ferocious might to bear on
the enemies of peace in the area, the minister added that time has
come to put an end to all forms of criminality.

He said: “President Muhammadu Buhari and his cabinet were
saddened with the wanton killings and destruction of lives and
property being carried out by the bandits.

“The marauding bandits terrorizing the North-West zone of the
country have massacred over 8,000 persons in Katsina, Zamfara,
Kebbi, Sokoto and Niger states.

“Their most threatening attack was on April 18, 2020 on Katsina
villages during which 47 people were killed. These criminals attack
mostly people in the rural areas; kill, steal and rape without
mercy, they are practically destroying the economy of rural areas
and the food supply chain of the country”.

He also declared that the charge received from the President is
twofold; first is to put an end to the banditry group, while the
second is to work with the government and people of the state to
restore normal life, especially to the people in the rural areas
and the farming community.

Also speaking, the Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Maigari
Dingyadi, admitted that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is bedeviled
with unprofessional conducts that are not in line with democratic
principles of governance.

He noted that the stakeholders’ engagement is coming at a time
when Police in this country is being faced with the challenge of
unprofessional conducts that are not in tune with the principles of
democratic governance

Earlier, the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari said the
state government had made frantic efforts in tackling security
challenges in the state.