Governor Aminu Masari on Thursday led Residents of Katsina state to seek
\ndivine intervention against banditry, kidnapping and cattle rustling
\nbedeviling the state.<\/p>\n
The three-day prayer session which started about 10:00 am lasted for
\nthree hours at a Jumat Mosque in the state capital where over three
\nhundred persons mostly memorizers of the glorious Qur\u2019an dominated the
\nsession.<\/p>\n
According to stakeholders, the prayer has heralded the general concern
\nby the members of various communities across the state towards ending
\nthe menace.<\/p>\n
They further described it as a gesture aimed at letting security forces
\non the ground to understand that members of the public are with them in
\ntheir bid to oust the miscreants.<\/p>\n
The state deputy governor, Engineer Mannir Yakubu, the state
\nCommissioner of Information, Culture and Home Affairs, Katsina state,
\nAlhaji Abdulkareem Yahayya Sirika, the Special Adviser to the governor
\non Security, Ibrahim Ahmad Katsina, and the Permanent Secretary, Katsina
\nMinistry of Religious Affairs, Mohammed Lawal Matazu are among the
\ndignitaries that attended the prayer session.<\/p>\n
It would be recalled that the Nigerian Army on Wednesday assured
\ncitizens of its determination to continuously work with other security
\nagencies to enhance peace and security across the country.<\/p>\n
The assurance comes under the direction of President Muhammadu Buhari to
\nthe military to stamp out bandits terrorizing the Northwestern region of
\nthe country.<\/p>\n
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai disclosed this
\non Wednesday in Faskari, one of the front line LGAs of Katsina state
\nduring this year\u2019s Nigerian Army Day Celebration, NADCEL.<\/p>\n
The celebration which was hitherto planned to hold in Jos, the Plateau
\nstate capital, was moved to Faskari in order to boost the ongoing
\nMilitary Operations against banditry and other related crimes.<\/p>\n
This particular exercise which is one of the far-reaching decisions of
\nthe Senior Officers Conference is according to Buratai out not only to
\ncheck banditry in Katsina but also in the entire Northwest region and
\ncentral parts of the country.<\/p>\n
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