A Kebbi State delegation dispatched by Governor Nasir Idris has met with Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Christopher Musa, pleading with him to flush out new terror group Lukarawas from the state.
His team, led by immediate past governor and Minister of Budget and Economic Planning Atiku Bagudu, has Sen. Bala Ibn Na’Allah, All Progressives Congress (APC) National Organising Secretary, Alhaji Suleiman Argungu, as well as a former Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of the state, Alhaji Nasiru Junju as members.
Chief Press Secretary to governor Ahmed Idris, who made the visit to the CDS known, said in a statement that the CDS promised the delegation that military would take necessary action.
On Wednesday, the Defence Headquarters announced to Nigerians the presence of the Lukarawas group in Sokoto and Kebbi states, having moved from Niger and the Sahel.
On Friday, the terror group struck in Mera, a community in Augie Local Government Area of the Kebbi State killing 15 people.
Also, yesterday, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) urged the Federal Government and the security agencies to act fast and rid Sokoto and Kebbi states of the emerging terrorist group.
In a statement yesterday, Idris said: “The minister informed the CDS that the essence of their visit was to intimate (him) on the need for immediate action to bring an end to the current security challenge facing not only Kebbi but the country at large.
“The delegation thanked the military as well as other security agencies for supporting the state in addressing the security challenges bedeviling the state.”
Idris quoted Gen. Musa as assuring the delegation of the readiness of the military to intervene with a view to arresting the perpetrators and bringing them to book.
“Gen. Musa also reiterated the commitment of the military to joining hands with other security agencies in safeguarding the state,” Idris quoted the CDS as saying.