Sanusi Rikiji, Speaker of the House of Assembly in Zamfara state, has bemoaned the careless participation of civilian Joint Taskforce, (JTF) in fighting bandits in the state.
He explained that about 50 members of the group were neutralized just in one operation.
The speaker spoke bitterly about the incident on Friday when he visited the Kaura Namoda Emirate.
According to The Cable, he appeared displeased with how the JTF members led the team that fought against bandits on Tuesday, in a community in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara, leaving many of them dead in the end.
Speaker Rikiji who headed the team that visited the Emirate equally lamented on the pathetic situation of security provisions in the state.
He said, “We were told that the members of Civilian JTF had mobilized people from Sakajiki community, in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area and confronted the bandits in the forest, which led to the killing of over 50 persons, including members of the CJTF. Their (CJTF members) duty is to support security personnel to carry out operations, not to lead operations; only security agents have the right to organize operation to confront bandits.”
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