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Chief of Army Staff, Lt.Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai on Saturday in Kano launched the Operation Harbin Kunama 11, at the dreaded Falgore Forest to tackle cattle rustling, kidnapping and insurgency.
Buratai who spoke briefly to journalists at Government House heading to Falgore Forest in the company of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje said the Army remained determined in its resolve to terminate terrorism and other violent crimes in the North and other parts of the country.
He said the Army was not unaware of the fact that remnants of members of Boko Haram who flee the North-East in the wake of intensive operation by the soldiers who dislodged them, are now hiding in other parts of the country, including places like the Falgore Forest.
Lt. Gen. Buratai, however, said that he has extensively discussed with the state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on the way forward in terms of security arrangement in Kano.
According to him, “the measures adopted is to fast-track the issue of insurgency that have spread across the country in which the Nigerian Army all necessary machinery to achieve the success of the operation that is being conducted in various states of the federation.”
He commended Governor Ganduje for his continuous support to security agencies, especially the 3 Mechanized Brigade, Kano where 16 Hilux vehicles were recently donated to improve security operations in the state.
The Chief of Army Staff said that due to the success recorded in the annihilation of Boko Haram in the North-East which has dispersed the remnants of the terror-group to other parts of the North, including Falgore and causing havoc and criminal activities in the forest which necessitated the need for the establishment of the operation in the forest.
In his remarks, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje thanked the Army Chief and his entourage for his visit and reiterated his administration’s commitment in supporting the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari on the issue of security in the country.
Ganduje said that since the inception of President Buhari’s administration, the issue of terrorism is now becoming history as the Army under the leadership of General Buratai has dislodged the insurgents in the North-East and restored peace in the region.
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Akande responds to Military Claims On Coup Plot
The Pioneer Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Chief Adebisi Akande has faulted the claim by the military of consultation with some of its officers to effect a change of government in Nigeria.
Speaking with newsmen at the weekend in Iwo shortly after he presided over the 2017 Distinguished Role Model Award of The Wings Schools, Iwo in honour of Late Ben Adisa Akinola, Akande said the military was being economical with the truth.
According to him, it was absurd for the military to lay such a claim while the perpetrators are still walking freely adding that if actually something of such happened, the military would have acted professionally.
Akande who blamed the political and economic woes of the country on a lot of deficiencies in the Nigerian constitution noted that the 1999 constitution had created unwarranted challenges not only to Nigeria but to its federating components.
His words: “Nigeria constitution (1999) which serves as a platform for social economic inequality and now constitutes the major obstacle to peace among various generating country.
“Those who wrote the constitution did not realize that political denomination and subjugation breed revolt, community disharmony and national insecurity.
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The Kano state House of Assembly has suspended the probe of Muhammad Sanusi II, the emir of Kano
The Kano state anti-graft agency was investigating alleged misuse of N6 billion by Muhammadu Sanusi II’s Emirate Council
- But Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission some days ago dropped its probe into the financial dealings of the Emirate council
The Kano state House of Assembly has suspended the probe of Muhammad Sanusi II, the emir of Kano.
Kabiru Rurum, speaker of the Assembly, who announced this at plenary on Monday May 22, said the action followed the intervention of some prominent Nigerians, according to Cable news.
NAIJ.com gathered that Rurum disclosed that Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of the state, sent a letter to the lawmakers to appeal that the exercise be put on hold.
Rurum said the governor’s letter listed some prominent Nigerians who had appealed to him to stop the probe.
The list, according to the speaker, includes the acting President Yemi Osinbajo, former heads of state Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar, Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar III, Aliko Dangote, and Aminu Dantata, among others.
The Kano state anti-graft agency was investigating alleged misuse of N6 billion by Muhammadu Sanusi II’s Emirate Council.
Emir Sanusi’s probe followed his comments in a Kaduna summit where he blamed backwardness of the northern region on bad leadership and self centredness.
NAIJ.com had previously reported that Rurum had insisted that the House of Representatives has no right to intervene in the ongoing investigation of Malam Muhammadu Sanusi II, the Emir of Kano.
The Speaker said this in response to call of a House of Representatives member, Aliyu Sani Madakin Gini (APC, Dala), urging the House to intervene in the probe of the Emir by the
Kano Assembly.
NAIJ.ocm also reported that the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission some days ago dropped its probe into the financial dealings of the
Emirate council.
The development was revealed by the chairman of the Commission Muhyi Gado, who said the commission was suspending
the probe it started some days ago indefinitely.
In his letter, Governor Ganduje said he was calling for the investigation to be dropped
as a result of interventions by highly-placed personalities in the matter.
These personalities, according to the letter, include the acting president, Yemi Osinbajo;
party leaders; former heads of state Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar;
Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar; and to businessmen and indigenes of the state, Aliko Dangote and Aminu Dantata.
Mr. Ganduje said although he was reluctant to interfere in the activities of the state’s legislative arm, he appealed to the lawmakers to “temper justice with mercy” and allow peace prevail.
“Much as I recognize your independence as a separate arm of government and who has
right to investigate the emir, I am pleading with you to allow peace prevail”, he stated.
He said there had been a meeting in Kaduna over the matter “at the instance of some governors”.
“There is no gain saying (the fact) that the Emir Muhammadu Sunusi ii has admitted all his faults and mistakes and agreed to make
adjustment. I think at this juncture, we should allow peace as been achieved to continue”, the governor stated.
The House subsequently resolved to drop the probe.
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