President Buhari Orders IGP Idris Deal With The Issues In Southern Kaduna

President Muhammadu Buhari has given the inspector-general of police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, marching orders to halt the wanton killings going on in southern Kaduna.

According to a statement by his senior special assistant on media, Garba Shehu, on the directive of President Buhari, the IGP was in the troubled region on Saturday and Sunday to assess the situation first- hand.

As a result, a squadron of mobile policemen has now been stationed there, in addition to the conventional policemen deployed in the area.

According to the statement, the Nigerian Army is also in the process of setting up two battalions in Southern Kaduna while the military continues to carry out air surveillance across flashpoints of the area.

President Buhari has equally directed the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to carry out a joint assessment of the situation with the sister agency in Kaduna, SEMA, to determine the level of response required for urgent aid to be delivered to the victims of the violence.

Shehu said, “These measures should soon ensure the return of normalcy to the region while the Kaduna State government continues its peace building efforts.”

According to him, the president praised the efforts made so far by the state government and the security agencies to curtail the violence.