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Concerned about bandit activity in Zamfara, the state administration has ordered security personnel to man important highways and flashpoints.
The instruction came during the most recent State Security Council meeting in Gusau, which was presided over by Governor Dauda Lawal, according to a Friday statement from the governor’s media advisor, Sulaiman Bala Idris.
Concerned about the threat of banditry in the North-Western state, security personnel were sent along the Gusau-Funtua Road, the Magami-Dangulbi-Dan Kurmi-Anka Road, and the Magami-Dansadau Road.
“Deploying heavy personnel on patrol along the Gusau to Funtua road and other flashpoints in the state is one of the strategies employed by the government to put an end to banditry,” he added.
“At the last Security Council meeting, Governor Dauda Lawal charged the heads of the military and police to deploy CSK armoured and Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) vehicles, to constantly patrol all the affected major roads, where the State Government provides them with logistics.
“The mobilisation of security personnel on these volatile highways in the last two days has brought peace as people travel safely.”
According to him, the state government issued a directive to close markets considered as business hubs for rustled cattle.
He stated that the directive is an important step towards ensuring the safety and security of communities, adding that the government has finished preparations to commence the recruitment and training of the civilian Joint Task Force as approved by Governor Lawal.
Zamfara is one of the north-western states affected by banditry.
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