Hyacinth Chinweuba
Police in Zamfara has provided additional security to areas that were attacked in the state.
According to the Police, Normalcy has been restored in TUNGAR LAUTI, ZAMAN GIDA and other Villages in Talata Mafara and Maru LGAs following attacks by suspected armed bandits on 2nd and 3rd June, 2020.
SP Mohammed Shehu, spokesman of the Command said that, “On Sunday 7th June, 2020, the Commissioner of Police Zamfara State Police Command CP Usman Nagogo psc+ has personally returned all the internally displaced persons (IDPs) of the above incident back to their respective villages.”
This followed logistics support provided by the state governor Mohammed Bello Matawalle, that includes; the provision of trucks for evacuation of IDPs, provision of relief materials to the evacuated IDPs, welfare of all the joint security agents deployed to safeguard the communities against future attacks by unrepentant bandits.
While briefing officers and men deployed for the operation, CP Usman Nagogo charged them to be more alive to their responsibilities, be conscious of their personal safety as well as the safety of the people they are serving . He also urged them to avoid the issue of rivalry, instead they should work as one family in order to succeed in their mandate.
In his remarks, the Commissioner for security and Home affairs, Alhaji Abubakar Mohammed Dauran, reiterated the commitment of the state government under the leadership of His Excellency Dr. Mohammed Bello Matawalle MON to secure the lives and properties of all citizens of the state. He called on the people of the area to give maximum cooperation to both the state government and security agents deployed to their areas
In his vote of thanks, the District Head of Kanoma who was visibly overwhelmed by the state government response to the incident pledged the support and cooperation of his people to the state government and security agencies in their effort to secure their lives and properties.