ALGON Urge The Nigerian Police To Grant Civilian JTF Arms To Fight The Zamfara Bandits
Gusau – The Zamfara chapter of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), has urged the Nigeria Police Force to permit the Civilian Joint Task (CJTF), to carry rifles to ease the fight against bandits in the northwastern state. President Buhari interacting with troops deployed to curb the activities of bandits and criminals in Zamfara and neighbouring states under Operations Sharan Daji and Diran Mikiya, at Katsina Airport shortly before departing for Abuja on 25th Aug 2018 Its chairman, Alhaji Mohammed Umar, made the appeal on Wednsday in Guau, during a Stakeholders Security Town Hall Meeting with the acting IGP, Mohammed Adamu. He said that members of the CJTF, who were recently recruited by the state government to complement the effort of security agents, were conversant with the terrain of their respective areas and could identify most of the criminals operating around them. Represented by the Chairman of Zurmi Local Government Area, Dr Auwal Moriki, t