President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a high-level delegation, made up of the heads of the nation’s intelligence and security services, to Sokoto and Katsina States in response to the recent spike in bandits’ activities.
presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a statement, said the President
is expecting an immediate situation report and recommendations on
actions to follow to effectively deal with the worrying situation from the
team that left on Friday.
Buhari under fire for attending book launch hours after gruesome
killings by bandits.
He said the delegation led by the National Security Adviser, Major
General Babagana Monguno (Rtd), included the Inspector General of
Police, Usman Alkali Baba, the Director-General of the Department of
State Service (DSS), Yusuf Magaji Bichi, the Director-General, National
Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar and
the Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI), Major General Samuel
Adebayo.
There has been an outrage over the killings.
