President Muhammadu Buhari has
ordered massive transfer of police personnel in Zamfara Sstate as part of
deliberate measures to address cases of armed banditry in the state.
The President disclosed this when
a delegation of the Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria visited him at the
State House, Abuja, on Monday.
President Buhari was reacting to
the violent conflicts in some parts of the country.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that Zamfara State has been battling cattle rustling and kidnapping in
recent months.
Armed bandits and cattle thieves
have been terrorizing villages in the state in the past months with many
innocent citizens killed and villages burnt or destroyed.
NAN reports that worried by
persistent killings, Gov. Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara State had on June 15 said
he had dropped his responsibility as Chief Security Officer of the state as he
had no control over security machinery in the state.
Yari said that his decision was
occasioned by the seeming helplessness of his administration and the people to
check the persistent killings in the state.
He, therefore, frowned at the
prevailing situation in the state where as the chief security officer of the
state he could not take decisions on strategies for protecting the state and
its people, and had it implemented.
However, President Buhari told
the Shari’ah delegation that he was putting in his best to address all security
challenges in Zamfara and other parts of the country.
He said that following his
dissatisfaction with the performance of the Police in Zamfara State, he ordered
a massive transfer of officers and men who had stayed three years and above in
the troubled State.
The President also revealed that
he had received a “stiff bill” from the Minister of Information and Culture,
Lai Mohammed, for the restoration of the dilapidated infrastructure and
facilities of the Federal Government-owned radio stations in all states of the
federation.
He pledged that something would
be done about the situation.
Spokesman of the delegation and
the Vice-President of the Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria, Sheikh
Hadiyyatullahi Abdulrashid, had commended President Buhari for his efforts
toward uplifting the quality of life of all Nigerians.
He, however, appealed to the
President to address the pathetic state of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria
(FRCN) Kaduna.
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