Federal Government orders foreign miners in Zamfara State to leave within 48 hours, following an attack that killed about 50 persons in the state at the weekend. ICYMI
Briefing State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Acting Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu warned that foreign miners who violate the order would have their licences withdrawn.
It reads: “As part of sustained efforts to flush out, and permanently put an end to armed banditry and criminality in Zamfara State, in particular, and the northwest in general, the Nigeria Police Force in collaboration with the Nigerian Military and other security services has commenced ‘Operation Puff-Adder’, which is a full-scale security offensive against the bandits.
The press briefing was attended by Chief of Staff to the President Abba Kyari; Director General, Department of State Services Yusuf Bichi; and Director General National Intelligence Agency Ahmed Abubakar. “We were sitting in front of the police station. Suddenly heavily armed bandits started shooting. I jumped over the fence and escaped. As I fled, I saw thick smoke from different locations rising into the sky,” said a resident who sought refuge at Gagumi Village, about 20 kilometres from Kakangi.
“Combined teams of PMF personnel, conventional police and vigilantes were quickly mobilised to the village. They engaged the bandits in a fierce gun duel and successfully repelled the attack. The National Chairman of African Democratic Congress Chief Ralph Nwosu, on his part, blamed the alleged failure of the current government to explain to Nigerians what it has done with the defence budget.
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