President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday ordered security operatives to deal ruthlessly with bandits terrorising Zamfara and other states of the federation.
Buhari gave the order during a meeting with security operatives at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Addressing State House Correspondents after the meeting, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin said the President directed that no stone should be left unturned towards securing every part of the country.
He said: “We have the marching order to deal with this issue immediately and ruthlessly and ensure that all those bandits are immediately dealt with and all those issues that are bordering with our security are properly addressed.
“The security meeting we just had with Mr. President today is to review the strategy that we are adopting in confronting security issues in Zamfara State especially and other places nationwide.
“And this review strategy is to address all the issues including kidnapping, banditry and other associated issues confronting the nation.
“And we are coming out with a revised strategy to handle those challenges.”
Also speaking, the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, assured that the frequent cases of kidnapping along the Abuja-Kaduna road have been tackled.
The IGP assured road users of their safety while using the route.
“I want to assure Nigerians that Kaduna–Abuja roads are now safe. We have cleared the roads, we have arrested a lot of kidnappers and in confrontation with some of them, some were fatally injured.
“So the road is cleared. Our patrol teams, the combined security services that are patrolling the road are constantly there, 24 hours,” he added.
Those at the meeting include: Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonishakin, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Yusuf Buratai, Chief of Naval Staff, Ibok-Ete IIbas, and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar.
Others are: National Security Adviser, Major Gen. Babagana Monguno, Director General of National Intelligence Agency, the Director General, Department of Security Service and Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu.
Also at the meeting were the Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau and the Minister of Defence, Brigadier Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali.
