The Federal Government, through the Minister of Defence, Dr. Bello Matawalle, has vowed to get rid of bandits and other criminal gangs terrorizing northwest.
This is amid the arrival of the Minister of Defence, the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa and other top military officials in Sokoto on Tuesday, with the aim of leading a military onslaught against the bandits and other criminals bedeviling the North West region DAILY POST recalls that the Federal Government last Friday ordered the military to relocate its command structure to Sokoto State, address the soaring banditry activities, urging the CDS to oversee the efforts at...
Speaking, after a closed door meeting with operation commanders of joint operation Hadarin Daji at 8 Division headquarters, Sokoto, Matawalle, said the ministry of defence would provide all needed support and encouragement to the troops in the war against terrorists in the northwest. According to him, “We are in Sokoto in compliance with the presidential directives to flush out terrorists and other criminal gangs terrorising North west.
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