The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has approved the deployment of additional police units and manpower to beef up security in Katsina State. The approval was secured on Thursday, according to the state police command’s spokesman, SP Gambo Isah. Gambo told journalists at the state police command headquarters in Katsina that “As I am talking to you now, an additional three units of mobile police are on their way to Katsina State. “The units will be in addition to the three counter-terrorism units that are already on the ground and who have been deployed in the front line Local Government Areas in the state that share boundaries with Zamfara State. Punch recalls that Governor Aminu Masari on Wednesday conveyed an extraordinary security meeting in Katsina where he disclosed that the state was under the siege of banditry, kidnapping, and armed robbery.

Source: Punch January 03, 2019 14:48 UTC