Zamfara: Gov. Matawalle leads operation against bandits in the state

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Zamfara: Gov. Matawalle leads operation against bandits in the state

 

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has led security agencies in the state on an operation against bandits in their bush camps and hideouts near Wonaka town in Gusau Local Government area of the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the governor was yesterday accompanied by his deputy, Mahadi Aliyu-Gusau, and heads of security agencies in the state on his way to Lilo community in Mada district of Gusau Local Government Area.

Bandits had on Saturday attacked Lilo community which resulted in the killing of eight persons while 18 others were injured. 

The bandits were chased away at their camps during the governor’s unannounced visit to the area.

They abandoned their hideouts and crossed a nearby river and disappeared from the operatives who were on the governor’s motorcade.

The governor said, “As Chief security officer of the state, l have to show a good example, I have no option than to lead security agencies for this operation.”

“As a leader, I have to show commitment to my people toward addressing this problem.”

The entourage also included the Emir of Gusau, Ibrahim Bello, Secretary to the State Government, Bello Bala, State Chairman of People Democratic Party (PDP), Ibrahim Mallaha, and other top government officials in the state.

The District Head of Wonaka, Kogo Balarabe, thanked the governor for the visit.

Mr Balarabe said, “We are happy with this visit, for over eight years, we have no any concern from the authorities like this, we cannot express our feelings today.

“We are happy with the efforts of government, we thank security agencies intervention during yesterday’s attacks which helped in containing the situation,” he said.

The Chairman of Vigilante Group in the area, Sani Danmudi, appealed to government for more intervention to address the security challenges in the area, saying that many villages in the area had been sacked by the bandits.

(NAN)

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The Presidency Reveals The Security Agencies Uncover Plot To Disrupt 2019 Election

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The Presidency Reveals The Security Agencies Uncover Plot To Disrupt 2019 Election

 

The Presidency has revealed that Heads of security agencies have uncovered plots by some groups to disrupt the processes leading to the 2019 general elections.

Mallam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, quoted the security chiefs as saying this yesterday at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja, during an interactive meeting with owners and decision makers in the media.

He listed the security chiefs that spoke as “the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Lawal Daura; the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar and the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin.”

The presidential spokesperson said the security chiefs had warned the media against activities of some unregistered groups that had lately been active in trying to undermine critical institutions, such as the law-enforcement agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

He said the “security heads also called for closer cooperation from the media to prevent terrorists and radical ideologies directed from abroad from undermining the ongoing efforts to restore security in parts of Nigeria, facing the challenges of terrorism, economic sabotage, criminality, farmers-herdsmen clashes and the spread of illegal weapons.

“In the midst of the debate over the right to freedom of expression and the government’s efforts to ensure that the digital space and the mass media generally do not become a playground for terrorism and destabilization, the security chiefs assured that they would maintain a balance between openness and national security.”

The presidential spokesman said “the security chiefs, however, called on media owners and practitioners to walk the fine balance between openness on one hand and national security on the other.”

He said the security chiefs assured that the security situation in the country was within the control of the government and that this could be helped, where the media reduced sensation from their daily coverage.

Shehu said the security chiefs added that “Our state of national security is not as bad as it is painted by the media.”

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