We’ve reduced banditry by 70% – Radda

Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State, said his administration has reduced banditry to about 70 per cent in the last one year.

According to the Governor, this was sequel to the robust synergy between the local security outfits and the conventional security agencies across the state.

Radda, who was on a working visit to Yola, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Saturday.

He said, ”It is high time to have state Police included in the fight against insecurity in the country.

“We have reduced the rate of banditry to about 60 to 70 per cent. What we are witnessing now is the crazy approach by the bandits going to hard-to-reach villages close to forests, burning houses and killing people.

“We have developed strategies to fight it”, he said.

Radda further explained that most of the developing countries have state Police that secure lives and properties.

He urged governments at all levels to prioritise education for the development of the sector in Nigeria.

Radda said, ”This will give opportunity to the less privileged, to access quality education at all levels.”

We’ve reduced banditry by 70% – Radda

Police in Yobe arrest suspected transformer vandal

The Police Command in Yobe said it has arrested one Saminu Garba, 23, for allegedly vandalising transformer cable at State Low-Cost in Damaturu.

DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, spokesman of the command, stated this in a statement in Damaturu on Saturday.

He said personnel of the command arrested Garba in possession of the cable in the area on Thursday when they became suspicious of him.

Abdulkarim said investigation revealed that Garba and two members of his syndicate, Audu Ismail and Abba Mohammed, were allegedly involved in several acts of transformer vandalism in Damaturu and its environs.

The spokesman said the police were on the trail of Ismail and Mohammed, who were still at large.

He said that the state Police Commissioner, Garba Ahmed, has warned vandals to repent and desist from the act or face the wrath of the law.

Abdulkarim appealed to the public to assist the police with credible information to effectively fight crime.

Police in Yobe arrest suspected transformer vandal

FAAN begins sale of e-tags at airports

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria ,(FAAN) on Friday began the sale of 2024 e-tags that would permit entry into the 24 Federal Airports in Nigeria.

In a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, FAAN said that the sale of the tags aligned with a presidential directive approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) .

According to it, the meeting mandated that all the users of federal airports across the country ought to pay charges at the gates.

Mr Francis Ajaguna, Head of Public Affairs, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), told NAN that many people came to the airport and bought the tags.

”FAAN’s Commercial Department confirms that it has started issuing the e-tags and people are buying them,” he said.

FAAN begins sale of e-tags at airports