banditry and killings in the region.
Mr Yekini Nabena, the APC acting National Publicity Secretary on
Thursday, challenged “security agencies to investigate an intelligence
report linking” the governor to the heightened cases of banditry,
abductions, and other violent crimes in the zone.
Nabena, who did not name the governor because of the “security nature of
the issue,” said the increased spate of banditry in the North-west was
politically-motivated and not unconnected to the unnamed governor’s
alleged sponsorship of banditry and other violent crimes in the zone.
“Our security agencies have intelligence reports linking one of the
Northwest governors of colluding and sponsoring the violent and criminal
activities of bandits in the zone.
“I won’t give details because of the sensitive nature of the issue.
However, relevant security agencies must, as a matter of urgency,
investigate the report, and determine its veracity. Human life is not
what we should play political chess games with.
“We must shun enemies of the country including the Peoples Democratic
Party who seek political gains from issues of insecurity.
“Our security agencies must also be alert to plots to destabilise the
North-west region further and frustrate the quick and safe release of
students abducted from Government Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina
State,” the party said in a statement.
The party also warned the opposition PDP from politicising the abduction
of schoolboys in Katsina state, accusing it of seeking political gains
from issues of insecurity.
APC stated this while reacting to a protest organised by the PDP and its
women wing at its campaign headquarters in Abuja.