President Muhammadu Buhari has
ordered security agencies to take decisive measures to bring an end to the
recurring acts of violence and destruction in the southern part of Kaduna
State.
This was contained in a statement
issued in Abuja yesterday by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media
and Publicity, Garba Shehu.
Shehu said that already, on the
directive of President Buhari, the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris,
was in Southern Kaduna at the weekend to assess the situation.
He said that in addition to the
conventional policemen deployed to the area, a squadron of mobile policemen had
now been stationed there to ensure law and order.
According to the Presidential aide,
Nigerian army is also in the process of setting up two battalions in Southern
Kaduna, while the military continues to carry out air surveillance across flash
points of the area.
He said that the President condoled
with the people of Southern Kaduna, who have lost loved ones in the recent
violence.
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