Kano State Government has intensified coordinated security operations across vulnerable communities amid renewed efforts to curb banditry and restore peace, with President Bola Tinubu ordering the deployment of a specialised security team to the state.
As part of intensified measures, Governor Abba Yusuf announced plans to acquire drones and additional logistics to strengthen surveillance and rapid-response operations in border communities vulnerable to attacks.
The development was contained in separate statements issued on Tuesday and Wednesday and signed by the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Dawakin-Tofa.
According to the statements, the governor disclosed that he had visited the President to brief him on the escalating security situation affecting parts of Kano, particularly the Kano–Katsina border corridor.
Yusuf said, “I briefed President Bola Tinubu on the escalating security situation in our state, and he immediately understood the severity of the threat and ordered the deployment of a specialised security team to Kano to reinforce ongoing operations.”
The governor explained that arrangements were underway to enhance mobility, strengthen logistics and provide additional operational support required by security agencies to confront bandit activities.
He reiterated his administration’s commitment to ensuring that every community in the state enjoyed full government protection.
Speaking during the assessment tour of the Joint Task Force bases in Tsanyawa and Shanono local government areas, the governor announced plans to acquire drones and additional logistics to strengthen surveillance and rapid-response operations in border communities vulnerable to attacks.
The visit followed months of growing insecurity along the Kano–Katsina border, where repeated incursions by armed groups have led to abductions, killings and heightened fear among residents.
The governor appealed to residents to support security operatives with actionable intelligence, describing community-based intelligence as one of the most reliable tools for identifying threats and preventing attacks.
Yusuf charged the JTF to intensify efforts toward securing the release of kidnapped residents from Tsanyawa and Shanono.
“We are aware that they have been attacking innocent communities, especially here in Tsanyawa and Shanono local government areas. Many innocent lives were taken away, and many innocent people were also sent to the bush.
“I assured you that by God’s grace, those who were kidnapped will be brought back to their families,” he said.
He further assured security personnel of welfare and operational support, emphasising that the administration remained committed to restoring stability.
“This type of insecurity in Kano State is something new; it is something alien that has just been observed in the state, and the government is doing its best to address the situation with the cooperation of security agencies,” he added.
On Tuesday, the governor paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Zahra Allalai, the woman killed during the bandits’ attack on Kamaye village in Tsanyawa Local Government Area. Describing her death as “a painful loss to her family, community, and to the entire state,” he prayed for Allah to grant her eternal rest.
After the visit, the governor met troops at Forward Operating Bases across Shanono and Tsanyawa, where the Commander of 3 Brigade, Brig Gen A.M. Tukur, briefed him on recent encounters, including the November 1 ambush that claimed the lives of two soldiers and a vigilante and resulted in the destruction of two military gun trucks.
Brig Gen Tukur noted that although the armed groups had shifted deeper into border communities, troops remained fully committed to protecting residents and clearing the area of criminal elements.
The governor described the situation as alarming, stating that the infiltration by armed groups was “widening day by day.”
He added that after briefing President Tinubu, the President directed the Chief of Army Staff to send reinforcements with additional personnel and equipment.
“We will support you in whichever way necessary to neutralise this cancer,” the governor assured the troops.
Addressing residents of Tsanyawa, Yusuf pledged that the government would not relent until all abducted victims were safely reunited with their families.
“These security challenges are new to Kano. But by Allah’s grace, we will do whatever it takes to defeat the bandits,” he said.
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