[JUST IN] FG declares Zamfara ‘no-fly zone’, bans mining

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared Zamfara State a
no-fly-zone, in response to recent security challenges erupting
from the state.

National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno
(Rtd), disclosed this to State House Correspondents at the end of
the National Security Council meeting, held in the State House on
Tuesday.

According to Monguno, President Buhari also approved a ban on
all mining activities in the state to curb the rising rate of
insecurity.

According to Monguno, as part of strategies to douse tension and
restore order in all parts of the country, the intelligence and
security communities have been mandated to go after all non-state
actors, whose activities have been fueling chaos, for
prosecution.

He said the President has charged the new service chiefs to
reclaim all areas under the control of bandits, insurgents and
kidnappers, kidnappers and all others involved in criminal
activities across the country.

“We are not going to be blackmailed. The government has the
responsibility to assert its will. Citizens can reside wherever
they want to reside. Anybody who is a criminal should be brought to
book.

“The president has also warned against ethnic profiling. We have
enough of chaos. Any individual that thinks he can cause disunity
should have a rethink,” he said.

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared Zamfara State a
no-fly-zone, in response to recent security challenges erupting
from the state.

National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno
(Rtd), disclosed this to State House Correspondents at the end of
the National Security Council meeting, held in the State House on
Tuesday.

According to Monguno, President Buhari also approved a ban on
all mining activities in the state to curb the rising rate of
insecurity.

According to Monguno, as part of strategies to douse tension and
restore order in all parts of the country, the intelligence and
security communities have been mandated to go after all non-state
actors, whose activities have been fueling chaos, for
prosecution.

He said the President has charged the new service chiefs to
reclaim all areas under the control of bandits, insurgents and
kidnappers, kidnappers and all others involved in criminal
activities across the country.

“We are not going to be blackmailed. The government has the
responsibility to assert its will. Citizens can reside wherever
they want to reside. Anybody who is a criminal should be brought to
book.

“The president has also warned against ethnic profiling. We have
enough of chaos. Any individual that thinks he can cause disunity
should have a rethink,” he said.