From Olanrewaju Lawal Birnin Kebbi
Kebbi State Association for Peace and Good Governance (KESAPGGO) has urged the State Governor,Dr. Nasir Idris to continue mounting pressure on bandits in parts of Kebbi South Senatorial district and ignored the outburst of Senator Garba Musa Maidoki of N6billion spends on Army annually.
The group,in a statement by its General Secretary, Comrade Usman Muhammad Anache and a copy made available to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi,insisted that they are in support of the State Governor to spend any amount to restore peace and security in Kebbi South Senatorial district.
According to him, “the Senator who hails from Zuru accusingly mentioned that Kebbi State Government spends N6 billion annually on the Army. He mentioned this statement in the Senate plenary where he made a breakdowns that the Executive Governor of Kebbi State,His Excellency,Dr. Nasir Idris spend N500million monthly for the Army to improving of security while they,Army have their budget a situation he called ” unfortunately’.
“Based on the above,we want Senator Maidoki to know that the security situation in Kebbi State within one year of this administration has greatly improved especially in Kebbi South where Senator Maidoki represents. That,the Kebbi South comprising 7 LGAs, had suffered series of attacks from the bandits which has now becomes history.
“Senator Maidoki, in other words,is calling for the insecurity to return and our people should be back to IDP camps for him to provide assistance for the next election, politicizing insecurity. The Senator should know that the area is the main Senatorial district where buck of food production are coming from, and our people have so far returned to their farms because about 350 vylages have returned fully to their homes and IDP camps have been closed by this administration.
“We ,the people of the state are in support of our Governor and we are advising him further to spend any amount for the security of our dear state”.
Anache,noted that while Zamfara,Kastina and Sokoto States employed their State guards,Kebbi State Governor decided to use the Army,Police and other security agents to maintain security in the state.
He said: “The Islamic compensation for a person killed is over N255 million which means N500 million is only to pay two persons lives which the Governor uses to secure 7 millions people of Kebbi State.
“We advise Senator Maidoki to borrow a leaf from our most respected Senators,Senator Muhammadu Adamu Aleiro and Senator Yahyah Abdullahi as he , Maidoki is a first timer and shows lack of experience”.
Anache noted that security of the state is above any sentiment ,stressed that Governor Idris should ignored any distraction and maintain the tempo.
“We want to call on the State Governor,His Excellency Dr Nasir Idris to maintain the tempo in his quest to develop the State and ignore distractions from the enemies of progress in the state no matter what position they held. We equally want to call on our respected distinguish Senators to ignore any inexperience Senators that may trying to compromise the security of the State.
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“As a peace maker,we rally round out solid and sincere support to the Kebbi State Governor in this respect”, he said.