Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has expressed concern over the emergence of a splinter group of Boko Haram in the North-Central region.
Sule stated this when he convened an expanded security council meeting, where he raised serious concerns over emerging security threats, especially from neighbouring states.
“As you are aware, this new group of Wulowulo, which is a splinter group of the Boko Haram, is beginning to surface in the North Central zone.
“We need to ensure that we take certain steps not to allow it, at least to come into our state,” he said while presiding over the meeting at the Government House.
Governor Sule condemned in strong terms the recent violent communal clash traced to a land dispute, which led to the killing of seven people in Nindama village, close to Ninkoro in the Kokona Local Government Area.
He directed the Commissioner of Police, as well as the Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), to immediately launch an investigation into the matter, with a view to uncovering the root cause of the clash to be able to nip similar occurrences in the bud.
“Seven people have been killed, with one survivor. Even if it is one person killed, we are very, very worried.
“We need to get to the root of that matter. Investigate the matter in order to nip similar occurrences in the bud once and for all,” he told the security agencies.
Giving reasons for convening the meeting, he said that, in line with the proactiveness of his administration, the expanded security meeting became necessary due to intelligence indicating that criminals from other parts of the country are trying to infiltrate the North Central zone.
“One of the reasons why we invited you here is the fact that the situation of insecurity, especially in other parts of the country, is a big concern, and some of them are beginning to spread into our state. It is very important that we take steps to ensure that does not happen to us.
“The Lakurawa group is now a big problem in Kwara. Originally, they were somewhere around Kebbi and Sokoto States, but now they have become prominent in Kwara.
“Kwara is one of the states in North Central. We should be concerned that it does not extend all the way to Nasarawa State,” he stated.
