- He also disclosed that the state government has secured four of the eight local governments grappling with banditry and other forms of insecurity.
Katsina State Government has said it is working relentlessly to address the insecurity and criminality in the State.
It decried the killing worshippers in at a Mosque in Unguwan Mantau,Malumfashi Local Government of the state, describing the bandits behind the attack as cowards.
The Acting Governor of the state, Alhaji Faruq Lawal-Joe, who labelled the attack on the worshippers “sad and most unfortunate”, disclosed that the state government has intensified it’s fight against bandits.
He spoke in Katsina on Saturday while inaugurating eight new Armoured Personnel Carriers, APC, procured by the state government to strengthen the fight against banditry.
He also disclosed that the state government has secured four of the eight local government grappling with banditry and other forms of insecurity.
“We have invested so much in terms of security assets. We have also succeeded at least in securing four of the eight frontline local governments, including Jibia, Batsari, Kankara and Danmusa.
“So, the battle is not over until it is won. And, therefore, we will not relent, we will not be distracted by the cowardly attitude of the bandits, because they are cowards.
“Instead of confronting the people, they decided to attack them very early in the morning when they were performing their obligatory duties,” Lawal-Jobe said.
According to him, the government had saluted the community’s courage, “because the bandits made several attempts to enter the village, and they made resistance, that is why the bandits resolved to do what they did.
The acting governor disclosed further that the State Government had also sought the intervention of the Federal Government
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