Rid our Forests of Criminals, Abubakar Challenges Army
This Day
Bauchi State Governor
Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar has again challenged the Nigerian Army and other
security agencies to intensify efforts and flush out insurgents, kidnappers,
cattle rustlers, and all other criminal elements seeking refuge in Bauchi State
forests, particularly those fleeing military actions in Sambisa, Falgore and
Zamfara forests.
The governor, who
threw this challenge when he received the General officer Commanding 3rd
Division, Major General Benjamin Ahanotu at the Government House, Bauchi Sunday
lamented that the forests that surround Bauchi State are gradually being taken
advantage of by criminals.
Governor Abubakar
explained that his administration was disturbed by activities of criminals in
and around the communities surrounding the forests, the reason which he said
necessitated the procurement and presentation of motor cycles to the armed
forces in the state to help them penetrate and flush out the criminals seeking
sanctuary.
The governor recalled
that at the inception of his administration, some of the major security
challenges rocking the state were banditry and youth restiveness in addition to
the spillover effects of insurgency that bedevilled most states that surround
Bauchi State.
Governor Abubakar
expressed happiness that with the combined efforts of the state and federal
governments through the security agencies, the situation of the state has been
smoothened.
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