The North West APC Youth Development Group has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration on successes recorded against security challenges in Sokoto State and beyond.
The group’s Zonal Sokoto Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Maigari, stated this on Tuesday at the end of the party stakeholders meeting in Sokoto.
Maigari described the fight against banditry and other criminalities bedevilling the nation as a serious threat to the lives and properties of citizens.
He said that despite the continued challenges of these irritant criminals who maimed and attacked innocent people in rural areas, Sokoto State has recorded due presidential efforts in tackling the menace.
”We must look at the other side of the success recorded so far, especially within the past few months, that has attracted our commendation to Mr President.
”Tinubu, through his gigantic efforts, has ensured the safety of lives and properties as he increased the military operations, manpower, and logistics to fight these bandits up to their enclaves.
”Such efforts must be acknowledged, which have encouraged the majority of our people to return to their places of abode and farms, ” Maigari said.
The Zonal Chairman stressed that normalcy has improved people’s well being and allowed them to prepare for another way of living, going by the peaceful atmosphere created by the security operatives.
”We are witnessing the reduction of attacks and kidnappings of people in many places of our state, specifically Goronyo, Rabah, Illela, Wurno, Gudu, Kebbe, Tureta, and some other areas of the state that have hitherto become centres of banditry activities.
”Although some people are still experiencing banditry challenges in Sabon Birni and Isa local government areas, this was the result of the influx of Bello Turji’s group.
”We are still requesting the military intensify their operations in the areas and expressed appreciation over their commitments,” he added
The group further expressed appreciation to the Office of the National Security Adviser, Alhaji Nuhu Ribadu, and Minister of State Defence, Mohammed Bello Matawalle, for their intensified attention, particularly on the continuation of air and ground military operations in many of the bandit enclaves in the eastern part of the state.
Maigari noted that as a result of such operations, people have seen tremendous improvement in the success of the fight against insecurity and the weakening of their activities in Sokoto State.
He highlighted that something that affects their operations is mostly from the neighbouring states of Kebbi and Zamfara.
”We are optimistic that if state governors, along with other stakeholders in the security sector, fully cooperate according to the necessary synergy between them and the federal government, issues of insecurity challenges will drastically reduce or become history,” Maigari added
According to him, the operational conduct of our military and police both on air and ground has yielded positive impacts in reducing such fear among people as well as destroying many bandits enclaves.
“While we assured our support to the President for the continued good work of our region and nation at large, we pray for his success all the time as remote areas that have greater hope of having a good future for the people.”
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