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From Noah Ebije, Kaduna
Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has said that insecurity in the state is till extremely serious, but added that it is improving by the day.
This was even as the governor reiterated a call for the establishment of a Theatre Command, similar to the one in the North-East, for effective security operations in the seven states of the North-West and Niger State, which has continuous and contiguous forest ranges that are hiding terrorists.
Governor El-Rufai made the remarks on Friday at the presentation of the state’s security reports for the second and third quarters of 2022.
He said: “The security situation in Kaduna State is improving but still dire. We have just seen the presentation made by Samuel Aruwan, our Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs. In stark terms, it demonstrates the continued severity of the security challenges and the unfortunate toll in killings, kidnappings, injuries and threats to the livelihoods of our people. We regret the pain and losses. We pray for the repose of the souls of those killed, pay tribute to the victims of various crimes and reiterate our solidarity with them.
“The reports present detailed data on the persistence of the security challenge in our state. We publish these reports in fulfilment of our obligation to the residents of this state. Citizens have legitimate expectations to be provided with consistently accurate accounts of what is going on and to be updated on the measures being taken to address the security challenge.
“The figures show a pattern of reductions in the gravity of security incidents in the second and third quarters of 2022, compared to the first quarter. This is a consequence of the intensification of offensive security operations against the bandits in recent months.”
