President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, (NSCIA), and Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, has warned that it will take decades for the North-West region to overcome banditry and insecurity.
Abubakar stated this yesterday, at the ‘North-West Peace and Security Summit’, whuch was held in Katsina State.
He said, What we must do is to challenge these bandits; because we all know the consequences of banditry and insurgency on our lives.
However, it will take decades to get out of it, if at all we get out of it. We all know the consequences and the problems.
The monarch expressed the readiness of traditional rulers to partner with security agencies and Northern governors to save our region from the numerous problems of banditry and insurgency.
He expressed his belief that at the end of the Summit, proposals to bring insurgency to the barest minimum for people to go about their lives and businesses would be arrived at.
It is on record that in the last few years, bandits have been on the prowl in Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi, Kano and Jigawa States.
Thousands of people, mostly vulnerable persons, have been killed and displaced by the bloodthirsty marauders who mostly disguise as herders.
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