Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State says he is going all out to deal a “resounding blow” on bandits and other criminals in the State.
In his New Year’s Day message on Monday, the Governor assured his people that he is committed to overcoming the security challenges in Katsina.
He urged the people to support his government as he strives to confront and fight the terror gangs.
“The government, together with the people, will deal a resounding blow to the menace of insecurity,” Radda said in a statement signed by his chief press secretary, Ibrahim Kaula-Mohammed.
In August 2023, Governor Radda said that security forces in the State state would start attacking bandits in their hideouts, warning the hoodlums to repent or face dire consequences.
“What we intend to start doing henceforth is to attack these hoodlums in their hideouts the same way they attack us in our homes. God’s willing very soon we will begin to go to the forest and look for them,” he said.
The Governor has maintained that his administration will not negotiate with terrorists but will open its doors to rehabilitate repentant terrorists.
Katsina is among several states in Northwest Nigeria ravaged by bandit militias who raid mostly farming villages to loot and kidnap scores of residents to hold them for ransom in forest hideouts.
Ezinwanne Onwuka, senior staff reporter and columnist with WAP is a Nigerian-based writer and content developer. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Her interests include reading, writing, researching and graphic designing.
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