…Ask FG to seek external help, engage mercenaries
…Propose local joint security outfit
…Say terrorist subject Maiduguri to total darkness for seven weeks
…We want state police – Bauchi gov
…Extend “no-fly zone” to Benue, Taraba, Borno ACF
…Says choppers also drop arms for bandits, insurgents in these states
By Gabriel Olawale, Charles Agwam & Ibrahim Hassan
Presidential spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu yesterday said that President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security agencies to shoot anyone seen with AK-47.
Shehu, who disclosed this in an interview with the BBC, said the president directed a clampdown on bandits who have refused to surrender.
On the efforts being made to rid Zamfara and other northern states of bandits, Shehu said the government is resorting to lethal force.
North-East governors have expressed their desire to have a sub-regional security outfit to complement the military and other security agencies' efforts in
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Armstrong Bakam, Bauchi
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, will join the All Progressives Congress soon, the Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has stated.
Zulum spoke when he led the North-East Governors to perform the groundbreaking ceremony for the reconstruction and upgrading of the Bauchi State Government House on Thursday.
He, however, did not give further details on his statement about Mohammed joining the APC.
Zulum who is the Chairman of the North-East Governors’ Forum said, “I want to express my appreciation to my colleague, the Governor of Bauchi State, and my other colleagues for giving me the support to take the North-East Governors’ Forum to a greater height and indeed to the next level.
The North-East governors’ forum says there is a need for the region to adopt community policing and sub-r
egional security outfits to tackle the current security challenges in the region.
This was contained in a 10-point communique issued shortly after their meeting held on Wednesday in Bauchi.
The communique was read by the Deputy Chairman, North-East Governors’ Forum, Adamawa State Umaru Fintiri.
“The Forum appreciates the reinforced efforts in the fight against insurgency and other forms of criminalities in the sub-region, however, it strongly feels the need for community policing and sub-regional security outfit to compliment the efforts of the Military and other Federal Security Agencies in addressing these challenges,” the governors said.