Insecurity: Buhari Demands ‘Situation Report’ On Sokoto Killings

The President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday sent a high-level delegation, made up of the heads of the nation’s intelligence and security services, to Sokoto and Katsina states in response to the recent upsurge in bandit activities.

The delegation is on a fact finding mission after which a report will be presented to the president.

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Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu disclosed this in a statement titled ‘President Buhari Sends Security, Intelligence Heads To Sokoto, Katsina.’

The delegation comes barely 24 hours after the killing of a serving Commissioner in Katsina State, the killing of about seven people in a mosque in Niger State, the burning to death of over 60 people in Sokoto State and the abduction and killing of a traditional ruler in Imo State, sending shock wave across the country of a descent to ungovernability.

According to Shehu, “The President is expecting an immediate situation report and recommendations on actions to follow to effectively deal with the worrying situation.”

The delegation led by the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Munguno (Rtd) is made up of the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba; the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Magaji Bichi; the Director-General, National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar and the Chief of Defence Intelligence, Major General Samuel Adebayo.

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Buhari had earlier ordered a manhunt of those behind the gruesome killing of Dr Rabe Nasir, a serving Commissioner of science and technology in Katsina State.

THE WHITSLER reports that the commissioner was killed on Wednesday in his house located at Fatima Shema Quarters, Katsina.

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