The governor’s wives said the school closure policy was necessary to keep schoolchildren safe.
One measure adopted in the Security Challenge Containment Order is the ban on transportation of cattle from Katsina to other states.
The various security chiefs working in the states take orders not from governors, but from their superiors in Abuja.
Vehicles the state government donated to security agencies were turned into sophisticated militarily vehicles able to carry weapons.
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has blamed northern leaders for the problems in the North amid acute insecurity, worsening illiteracy, and grinding poverty.
The monarch claimed killings, kidnapping and rape are being perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen that they welcome into their communities.
“I prayed to Allah to touch the hearts of these bandits so that they can denounce banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling and other criminal activities.”
The presidential spokesman replies to Bishop Matthew Kukah’s recent submission to the U.S. Congress.
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao, says Nigerian troops are ready to destroy bandits ravaging the country as he pledged to collaborate with Kogi in fighting bandits.
