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Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, Saad Abubakar III has posited that it would take decades to end banditry in the north-western part of the country.
The sultan made the assertion at the North-West Peace and Security Summit in Katsina State.
“What we must do is to challenge these bandits because we all know the consequences of banditry and insurgency on our lives.
“But it will take decades to get out of it. We all know the consequences and the problems,” he said.
The monarch expressed the readiness of traditional rulers to partner security agencies and northern governors to “save our region from the numerous problems” of banditry and insurgency.
He noted that at the end of the summit, proposals to bring insurgency to the barest minimum for people to go about their lives and businesses would be arrived at.
In the last few years, bandits have been on the prowl in Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi, Kano and Jigawa States.
Thousands of people, mostly vulnerable persons, have been killed and displaced by the bloodthirsty marauders who mostly disguise as herders.
