Gov El- Rufai | Photo by ThecableKaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai has called for a comprehensive security operation against bandits across five states to bring banditry to an end.
“What is required is comprehensive operation that will cover five states in the Northwest and North Central, if this banditry is to be ended.
“So we hope to see more intense and more coordinated operations across Niger, Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto and Kebbi states to bring this banditry to an end.”
Governor el-Rufai, who answered reporters’ questions today, December 21, shortly after an audience with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential villa, Abuja, noted that bandits have been taking advantage of uncoordinated military operations across the five most affected states.
“In my view, it is because the operations are being carried out piecemeal in states. So, when they attack one state, they move to another.”
He said that before the recent bandits attack which left 40 people dead in a part of the state, there had been some improvement in security, “but this incident was quite a shock to us.”
El-Rufai hoped that with the acquisition by the federal government, of some
advanced equipment, particularly for the Air Force and the armed forces from Jordan, Turkey, the United States of America and China, these things will come to an end soon.
