Bandits Attack: Civil Defence Boss Orders Massive Deployment To Katsina State

The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has directed the Commandant, Katsina State Command of the Corps to deploy additional personnel in Katsina state.

The order follows the disturbing trend of armed banditry and cattle rustling in some parts of Katsina State, Niaja News understands.

This is in addition to the already deployed personnel for this purpose as well as those already deployed for operation ‘Sharan Daji’ in the State.

The Katsina State Commandant was directed to liaise with the Military, Police and other Security Agencies in the State to carry out the action.

The directives were given at the National Headquarters of the Corps where the Katsina State Commandant came to brief the management on the security situation in the State.

The statement made available to our newsroom on Wednesday by DCC Emmanuel Okeh, Corps PRO said the Commandant General stated that he was aware that the core mandate of the Corps’ included but not limited to:
i. Protection of Critical National Assets and Infrastructure
ii. Registration, Licensing, Monitoring and Supervision of Private Guard Companies
iii. Disaster Management, etc.

He, however, added that in times like this, the need to synergize with other Security Agencies to make sure there is peace in the country, cannot be overemphasized.

He promised to send additional equipment and logistics to the Katsina State Command to boost its operations.

The Commandant General also called for calmness and advised members of the public to be law abiding and report any suspicious movement to Security Agencies.