Buhari Orders Military Action Against Zamfara Killer Bandits
By Victoria Pleroma
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered full military action against the notorious armed gangs that have been terrorizing Zamfara State for some time now.
The military onslaught was ordered by the President in reaction to the fresh attacks on some communities in Shinkafi and Maraudun Local Government Areas of the North-western state.
The recent heinous attacks by the bandits was reported to have led to loss of lives and property in rural communities in the State.
Buhari order was conveyed Wednesday in a statement made available by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu on his personal Facebook page.
To enable the military to carry out this new mandate, the statement read that Buhari approved the request of the Minister of Defence, Brig-Gen. Mansur Dan Ali (rtd) for the stationing of a full battalion of Special Forces in Zamfara State, and the operationalization of the newly-established 8 Division of the Nigerian Army in Sokoto in the new Order of Battle (OBAT).
The President, according to the statement, also approved the movement of the 1 Brigade of the Nigerian Army from Sokoto to Gusau upon the take-off of the 8 Division.
In the same vein, President Buhari equally approved the setting up of an intelligence fusion centre in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, for the purpose of gathering and sharing intelligence among the security agencies in the country in order to tackle the desperate actions of Boko Haram terrorists in the North-east, through the use of mostly female, underage girls as suicide bombers,
“This phase of the war will be intelligence-driven and the new centre is expected to intensify the harvesting and sharing of intelligence so as to bring to an early closure, the desperate last-minute activities of the terrorists,” the statement read.
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