“Military responsble for bandits attack in Sokoto”

Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal is holding the military responsible for bandits dislodged from Zamfara attacking his state.

Tambuwal had gone to the area where the last attack—a bus was shot and blown up—happened.

Buut after he left, bandits invaded the community and gunned down three persons.

When the governor received the high-powered delegation that President Muhammadu Buhari dispatched to the state as a result of the disturbing incidents, Tambuwal attributed the rise in attacks to Operation Hadarin Daji, a military exercise in Zamfara.

“Operation Hadarin Daji, the precursor of the escalation of tension and crisis in Sokoto state was carried out without any blocking force around the neighbouring states, particularly Sokoto state,” the PDP governor said.

“Also, the timing of the operation, whereby, unfortunately, our security agents do not have enough equipment to move and curtail and contain those that would pander towards Sokoto state didn’t help the timing as well. So, the timing and the way the operation was carried out left Sokoto very vulnerable.

“It does appear as if those bandits pursued from Zamfara state have relocated to Sokoto state. This is a very serious call for concern.

“There is a need for more boots on the ground. I am familiar with the situation at the center, but I believe that something can be done, and, that should be done urgently and expeditiously because our situation is getting out of hand.”