President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered an emergency meeting by Kaduna State stakeholders on the worsening insecurity in the state.
The meeting has two key mandates: release of the 287 schoolchildren abducted in Kuriga, Chikun Local Government and resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state.
Lawal Adamu-Usman, who represents Kaduna Central in the Senate, made this known yesterday.
Adamu-Usman said the president ordered the meeting during a meeting he had with him at the weekend.
The Senator, who did not say when the meeting would hold, stated that traditional rulers, key government officials and representatives of Civil Society Organisations in the state are among those expected to attend.
He explained that the planned parley would address critical areas of insecurity, especially recurring bandit attacks in the state.
“The stakeholders meeting will also address the use of modern ways of cracking criminals, intelligence gathering community policing, among others,’’ he said.
“Tinubu told me that we must find ways to restore security and harmonious coexistence of our people,” Adamu-Usman, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senator, added:
On the N1 billion ransom demanded by bandits for the kidnapped schoolchildren, he said “the federal government has maintained a position that no kobo will be paid as ransom to kidnappers.”
The lawmaker called on the communities in the state to get involved in intelligence gathering.
“We must collectively work together to end this problem, President Tinubu is serious about security, as such we should support him,” he added.
He sympathied with the families of the kidnapped students assuring that security agencies were working hard to rescue them.
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