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The President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, and Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Saad Abubakar III, on Monday said it will take decades for the North-West to overcome banditry and insecurity.<\/p>\n

Abubakar spoke at the North-West Peace and Security Summit in Katsina State.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we must do is to challenge these bandits because we all know the consequences of banditry and insurgency on our lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it will take decades to get out of it if all we get out of it. We all know the consequences and the problems,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The monarch expressed the readiness of traditional rulers to partner with security agencies and Northern governors to \u201csave our region from the numerous problems\u201d of banditry and insurgency.<\/p>\n

He believed that at the end of the summit, proposals to bring insurgency to the barest minimum for people to go about their lives and businesses would be arrived at.<\/p>\n

In the last few years, bandits have been on the prowl in Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi, Kano and Jigawa states.<\/p>\n

Thousands of people, mostly vulnerable persons, have been killed and displaced by the bloodthirsty marauders who mostly disguise as herders.<\/p>\n

It will take decades to end banditry in the North \u2013 Sultan of Sokoto<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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