KATSINA — Chairman of the Northwest Governor’s Forum and governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, say Governors of the North-West geopolitical zone have concluded plans to recruit 3,000 vigilantes to battle banditry in the region.
Speaking at a consultative briefing on security in Katsina while playing a host to the minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and royal fathers in the state, the governor said the suspension of mobile telecommunication networks in 13 local government areas of the state was yielding fruits because informants of bandits and kidnappers had been cut-off.
“The region is winning the war against banditry, with the shutdown of the telecommunication network has helped to cut off contact between the bandits and their informants.”
“The Northwest Governor’s Forum has agreed to recruit 3,000 vigilantes to complement the effort of security agencies in the fight against banditry and other forms of criminalities in the region,” he said.
According to Masari, the demand for ransom which was being made through telephone calls had been made impossible, while the ban on the sale of petroleum products above N5,000 at filling stations around the land borders across the state had made it impossible for the bandits to move freely.
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