Senator Lawal Usman representing the Kaduna Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, has sympathised with families of the over 200 abducted students of two schools in Kuriga 1, Chikun Local Government Area of the state.
The lawmaker assured the families that security agencies were working to rescue the students. Just
Usman said President Bola Tinubu had also directed him, as the senator representing Kaduna Central, to convene an emergency stakeholders’ meeting on the current insecurity situation in the state.
The lawmaker told newsmen in Kaduna that the directive came on the heels of his visit to the President at the Presidential Villa.
According to him, the planned meeting will address critical areas of insecurity, especially the frequent bandit operations in the state.
He added that the meeting would also address the use of modern ways of cracking crimes, intelligence gathering, and community policing, among others.
The stakeholders, he said, include security agencies, community leaders, traditional institutions, the government and civil society organisations.
The senator said the stakeholders meeting will also address the use of modern ways of cracking crimes, intelligence gathering Community policing, among others.
Senator Usman called on the communities to key into intelligence gathering and provide useful information to security agencies whenever they suspect any planned attack by bandits.