Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai
Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, says the inability to launch a continuous and simultaneous onslaught on bandits terrorising the north-west has bouyed them and made them more confident and daring.
El-Rufai said this on Wednesday at the presentation of the 2020 Annual Security Report in Kaduna.
He said Kaduna and neighbouring states have been supporting the efforts of security agencies with funding and resources since 2015.
“Together with Niger state and our neighbours in the north-west, we put together resources to fund military operations against bandits in the Kamuku-Kuyambana forest range that straddles the region,” he said.
The governor, however beamoned the inability of the states to sustain the collaboration or extend ” into a campaign of continuous, simultaneous operations against the bandits across our vast region”.
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai
El-Rufai noted that the failure to annihilate the bandits in one area led to their growth which now jeopardise national integration.
“Failure to contain and defeat them in one place has emboldened them to develop a national footprint and endanger national cohesion,” he added.
The governor said the security agencies need more “numbers”, modern technology and equipment to adequately overcome the bandits.
“The security of our communities depend on the robust projection of state power, and that can only be done with sufficient security numbers to overawe and deter criminals,” he said.
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