Amos Dunia, Per Second News
Abuja - Minister
of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahaman Dambazau (rtd) has announced the
planned deployment of Police and Paramilitary personnel to liberated
towns in the North-east geo-political zone.
Dambazza,
who announced this when he led some heads of the security agencies on
assessment visit to Maiduguri, said the government is desirous of
ensuring adequate security protections of liberated towns for safety of
the citizens.
The
minister, who also paid visits on Governor Kashim Shettima and the Shehu
of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Garbai El-Kanemi in Borno State, said the
redeployment would commence soon.
According
to him; "We are in the state as part of effort to speak to the
governors in the affected states and have on the ground assessment of
situations. We are going to bring more personnel so that we can have
back in place civil authority in the affected areas and to assist the
military in the task of bringing security back to the areas."
In his
response, Governor Shettima commended the sacrifice of the various
paramilitary agencies who lost some of their personnel and facilities in
affected towns during the insurgency.
He
urged Northern leaders to brace up to the challenge of insurgency in
face of dwindling revenue by promoting peaceful coexistence and
diversifying their source of revenue to address the joblessness in the
region.
He
said: "We need to wear our thinking caps those of us from the north so
that we can find solutions to the impending crises that may consume the
zone."
Dambazzau,
who has been on assessment visits to states including those of the
North-east, is expected to also visit Adamawa and Yobe states.
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