The minister of state for defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has enjoined Sokoto residents to report any individual in their community with no reasonable source of icome but living a flamboyant life to security agencies.
Matawalle made the plea when he led the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa and other high ranking military officers on a courtesy visit to Gov. Ahmad Aliyu, on Tuesday in Sokoto.
”We are in Sokoto on President Bola Tinubu’s directive that I, along with the military chiefs should relocate to Sokoto in order to rid the North-West of the menace of banditry, kidnapping and terrorism.
”The directive is part of an intensified efforts to end all forms of criminalities in recognition of the rising cases that bedeviled the area.
”Safeguarding people’s lives and their property are primary mandate of every government. We are determined to flush-out all the bandit gangs from the areas as modalities were designed to ensure success of the mission,” Matawalle assured.
He enjoined the people to support the military operation with credible intelligence that would aid them in their determination to put an end to the nefarious activities of bandits in entire northwest.
”When you identify any suspicious movement or any person without meaningful source of income is living a flamboyant life, you should inform the community leaders or nearest authority.
”We should all be very vigilant, keep an eagle eye on the society because the bandits, kidnappers and other criminals are living within the society and carry out their ugly activities within us, ” the minister said.
According to him, the activities of terrorists and bandits are subjecting the people to untold hardship in Nigeria.
