President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered, with immediate effect, increased patrol by security agencies on the highway, especially that of the Abuja-Kaduna expressway.
This is following the various attacks on the highway by bandits who abduct and most times, end up killing travellers plying the route.
Recently, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Zamfara governorship aspirant in the 2019 election, Sagir Hamida, was killed with more than 20 travellers reportedly abducted.
According to The cable, Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior revealed this after the national security council (NSC) meeting presided over by Buhari at the State House in Abuja.
He said: “The president said that we are not yet where we should be; that Nigerians deserve to live in peace and that until we achieve that, we will not rest.
“The police and other security agencies have been mobilised to intensify surveillance, patrol in pursuit of the criminals. And it’s not only about Abuja-Kaduna. Yes, Abuja-Kaduna belt was discussed specifically, but we appreciated the fact that we are in the season of festivity.
“So, all agencies committed to providing security for Nigeria and the maintenance of law and order have been ordered to improve on their activities, intensify surveillance and minimise, if not eliminate totally, any threat to law and order anywhere in Nigeria.
“The police, as I said, is the lead agency on internal security. So, whatever I’ve said about maintenance of law and order will start with the police and then extend to all the other security agencies, certainly.”
