Governor Aminu Masari has said that the number of bandits
in the North West region of the country, outnumber the security personnel in the zone.

Masari made the claim while receiving the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed who visited the state to get firsthand information on the successes recorded in the
ongoing operations against banditry.

Revealing that Northern Governors intended to employ 3,000
trained vigilantes, the Katsina state Governor further accused the military and the police of not giving vigilantes
the necessary support.

He said;

"All the northern state governors intended to employ 3,000 trained vigilantes with the help of police, to arm them, but from the report I’m receiving from the current operations in Katsina State, the needed support is not given to the
vigilantes.

“Let me digress a bit to address the military and the police.
We’re trying to bring in vigilantes, trained by them, but they’re not giving them the necessary support.

“We have a situation in which these bandits are out numbering the security forces, when you have volunteer forces that you’ve trained, that are willing to assist you, but the support and response by the military and the police are not encouraging.

“Now, we’re recruiting additional 500 and the emirate council is recruiting 250, if they don’t have the conducive atmosphere to operate side by side with the military and the police, how can we succeed?”

He also said that the security measures taken against banditry by northwest governors and their counterparts from
Nasarawa and Niger States had started yielding positive
results. According to him, bandits have come under severe
attacks and are attempting to infiltrate communities.

Masari added;
"The suspension of GSM services, because the informants that invite bandits for kidnap or inform bandits to ambush military or police officers have been cut off.

“And also the demand for ransom normally through the GSM has drastically reduced. The banning of sales of petroleum products, along the border local governments in particular, except to designated filling stations which are allowed to sell a maximum of N5,000 to vehicles and to only operate in the
day time.

“So, Honourable Minister, yes, we’ve closed markets, especially the selling of animals, banning of sales of second hand motorcycles in particular to some markets, and I think we’ll move further toall the markets in the state because we understand that it’s one source they use to buy motorcycles for their banditry and other insurgency activities."

Encouraging the federal government to take the fight to the
bandits without any fear of collateral damages, Masari added that there is need for extensive study of the situation
to reduce damages.

Responding to the Governor's statement, Lai Mohammed
maintained that banditry was not created by the present
administration, hence negotiating with “people who do not
share in positive values would not be tolerated.”

Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumuni Kabir Usman however
said dialogue should not be ruled out as bandits don't have
any religion.

Usman said; “Bandits don’t have religion. All hands must be on deck to fight this menace of banditry to the end no matter the cost."

https://dailytrust.com/bandits-outnumber-security-personnel-masari

We have more bandits in the north than normal human being. Argue with your keypads

Why wont they...when you are rehabilitating terrorists.unknowingly to you.you are raising bandits.

you are the first seating governor that start given amnesty to those murderers..

Why won't they ? When every kilometers in south east / south south have over 10 military and police personal

Continue na ...u think u were doing igbos

I was told kanduna to zaira u have less than 10 police men on the road..aba to port Harcourt u have more than 200
Owerri to aba u have more than 200 continue ooh

Why will these kind of things not happen when the like of Gov.Masari and his homestate president choose to fraternize/negotiate with terrorists (even granting them amnesty & executive privileges) instead of routing them?

Bandits outnumber Security bandits.

One day you'll open your pot of stew and find a NA, NN or NPF personnel inside it.

As long as that stew was cooked in the SE and SS that is.

It seems a very stupid, foolish, useless and boring strategy to deploy ALL your Fulani soldiers and Killers to the SE and SS - to subjugate innocent peace loving people.

But your regions infested with violence and security challenges is under policed.

It's only a willful idiot that can oversee this sort of idiocy.

Imagine an AK 47 kalashnikov in the hands of them all ,OCTOBER REVOLUTION.

Free hypeman for Bandits

Can you now step down since almajiris have overpowered you in your responsibility as chief security officer