Katsina State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mannir Yakubu has pledged government commitment to sustain collaboration with security agencies in tackling armed banditry and other security challenges facing the state.
Yakubu made the remark at a special prayer session for an end to insecurity organized by the 2018/2019 Forum of Caretaker Committee chairmen for Local Government Councils in the state.
“The state government has since 2015 participated in several joint security operations and provided logistics support to security agencies to tackle cattle rustling, armed banditry and kidnap for ransom in the North-west zone.”
“These efforts have yielded significant results in terms of the rescue of kidnap victims, recovery of stolen animals, and hundreds of arrests and prosecutions in the last six years.” He said
Earlier, the Chairman of the ALGON Forum, Alhaji Haruna Jaa said the forum organized the special prayer session to seek God’s intervention to bring an end to armed banditry in the state which has lingered for almost six years.” He added
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