As security challenges escalate in Niger and Zamfara states of North West Nigeria, the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, on Thursday met with the Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, and his Niger State counterpart, Mohammed Umar Bago
This was disclosed by Sulaiman Bala Idris,, the Chief Press Secretary to the Zamfara State Governor a statement in Gusau, saying the meeting was aimed at finding lasting solution to the banditry and other criminal acts in the two states.
Zamfara is one of the states in the North-West worst hit by the activities of bandits with hundreds of people killed and several millions others displaced by the criminals in the last four years.
Bandits reportedly abducted an unspecified number of people in an attack on Jan-Bako town, Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State in the early hours of Tuesday.
This occurred just 24 hours after bandits killed one person and abducted seven others during an attack on the headquarters of Bungudu local government area of the state.
In Niger, suspected bandits killed 21 soldiers in an ambush at Kundu, Wushishi local government area of the state
