- Safiu Kehinde
The Minister of Defense, Bello Matawalle, has arrived at the 8th Division Headquarters in Sokoto state alongside the Chief of Defense Staff, Christopher Mustapha, and other top military officers.
This disclosed in a video on X showing the division’s Brigades welcoming the minister and his entourage.
NPO Reports recall the FG’s directive on the immediate deployment of military chiefs to Sokoto over the increased rate of banditry in the state.
Sokoto state had witnessed series of ordeal in the hands of bandits with the recent being the murder of the Emir of Gobir, Isa Bawa.
In retaliation, villagers had stormed the forest to recover the remains of the emir while also rescuing 150 victims abducted by the kidnappers.