By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor
High level insecurity has forced President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria to declare Zamfara State a “no-fly and no-mining zone.”
The president made the declaration after the release of the Zamfara schoolgirls by their abductors.
The National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd), disclosed this on Tuesday. He said that the President also ordered that mining activities in the state be stopped immediately.
Monguno spoke at the end of a meeting of the National Security Council held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
His words: “The President has approved, based on our recommendations, the imposition and enforcement of a ban on all mining activities in Zamfara with immediate effect until further notice.
“He has directed the Minister of Defence and the National Security Adviser to deploy massive military and intelligence assets to restore normalcy to that part of the country.
“He has also approved that Zamfara State should be declared ‘a no fly zone’ with immediate effect.”
Mungonu further said that President Buhari directed security officials to clamp down on all those behind the security challenges being witnessed in the state and across the country.
He added that some people were already under surveillance.
