Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said it is the responsibility of the federal government to provide maximum security to Sokoto state and all other parts of the country.
The Governor who was addressing his supporters at a campaign rally in the Silame local Government area lamented that Sokoto state has over the years suffered much in the hands of Bandits and criminal gangs terrorizing the state, with little or no Support from the federal government, saying PDP Presidential Candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will tackle the problem of insecurity if elected as president in comes 2023 general elections.
He said Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is the answer to issues of insecurity, banditry in the north and Kidnapping and killings in the south-south and southeast if elected president, while adding that he will consider the reopening of the nation’s closed border by APC under President Muhammadu Buhari’s APC government.
” Atiku will take proper measures against smuggling and address the challenges of insecurity as well as provide Nigerians with basic necessities of life.” Says Tambuwal.
He expressed sympathy for the people of Silame one of the local government areas hit by Banditry and Kidnapping for Ransome in the past.
“Sokoto state is bedevilled by the activities of insurgency, in many local government areas, ” we shall do everything within our powers to protect lives and property,” Tambuwal added.