Sokoto Bans Yan Sakai Security Group

In the wake of the upsurge of violence occasioned by the
activities of yet-to-be identified gunmen in the Eastern flank of
the state, Sokoto state government has banned self-appointed
security outfits known as Yan Sakai from operating as protectors of
vulnerable communities.

Alternatively, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, who handed down
the order while symphatizing with the people of Tarah village in
Sabon Birni local government area who lost about 15 people to
bandits attack recently, said the state government will establish a
vigilante group that will provide information and lead to security
agents and allow them to carry out their exercise.

According to him, the reason for this order is to forestall
attracting reprisals from the bandits and the need to impress it on
the people of the area not to take the laws into their hands.

A statement by the Special Adviser Media and Publicity to the
governor, Muhammad Bello, said the governor harped on the need for
community collaboration with security agencies operating in the
state.

He appealed to the people of the area to continue to cooperate
with the security agencies that have been deployed to the area for
special assignment to flush out those criminals in the area.

Tambuwal added that, the support and cooperation of the people
was necessary, adding that government is working round the clock to
ensure the security of the area.

He also said that last week he inaugurated Operation Puff Adder
at the Police Command headquarters where the state government
provided the police with vehicles and other logistics to enable it
perform its duty effectively.

Commending the Inspector General of Police for deploying 305
Mobile Police personnel to the state, the governor also applauded
other security agents in the state for working harmoniously with
the aim of establishing peace in the state.

While praying to God to grant those who lost their lives to the
attack paradise and give their families the fortitude to bear the
irreparable loss, Tambuwal also said that the state government
would foot the medical bills of those who were in the hospital or
at home receiving treatment.

In the wake of the upsurge of violence occasioned by the
activities of yet-to-be identified gunmen in the Eastern flank of
the state, Sokoto state government has banned self-appointed
security outfits known as Yan Sakai from operating as protectors of
vulnerable communities.

Alternatively, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, who handed down
the order while symphatizing with the people of Tarah village in
Sabon Birni local government area who lost about 15 people to
bandits attack recently, said the state government will establish a
vigilante group that will provide information and lead to security
agents and allow them to carry out their exercise.

According to him, the reason for this order is to forestall
attracting reprisals from the bandits and the need to impress it on
the people of the area not to take the laws into their hands.

A statement by the Special Adviser Media and Publicity to the
governor, Muhammad Bello, said the governor harped on the need for
community collaboration with security agencies operating in the
state.

He appealed to the people of the area to continue to cooperate
with the security agencies that have been deployed to the area for
special assignment to flush out those criminals in the area.

Tambuwal added that, the support and cooperation of the people
was necessary, adding that government is working round the clock to
ensure the security of the area.

He also said that last week he inaugurated Operation Puff Adder
at the Police Command headquarters where the state government
provided the police with vehicles and other logistics to enable it
perform its duty effectively.

Commending the Inspector General of Police for deploying 305
Mobile Police personnel to the state, the governor also applauded
other security agents in the state for working harmoniously with
the aim of establishing peace in the state.

While praying to God to grant those who lost their lives to the
attack paradise and give their families the fortitude to bear the
irreparable loss, Tambuwal also said that the state government
would foot the medical bills of those who were in the hospital or
at home receiving treatment.