Operation Shege Ka Fasa: Kano doesn’t need northern security outfit - Ganduje

- Governor Ganduje of Kano state said his state does not need the newly launched northern security outfit, Operation Shege Ka Fasa

- Ganduje said his administration has invested enough in the state's security and does not need any other external arrangement

- Operation Shege Ka Fasa is a northern security outfit created to address the security challenges in the northern part of the country

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has said his state, Kano, does need the newly launched northern security outfit, Operation Shege Ka Fasa, to address insecurity.

Speaking after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, February 7, Ganduje boasted that his administration has invested heavily on the security sector in the state.

The Kano state governor said an external or regional arrangement was not necessary given what has already been put in place.

According to Ganduje, Kano state has provided a conducive environment for the security agencies. He added that the state has a Command and Control Centre that facilitates inter-agency communications and collaborations.

Governor Ganduje added that his administration has built an army training centre, also with the sole aim of ensuring the state is safe for everybody.

He added that his administration’s free and compulsory education from basic to secondary levels is addressing the menace of mass out of school children and girl child marriage.

Similarly, the Arewa youths have disowned Operation Shege Ka Fasa. The youths on Thursday, February 6, said it distanced itself from the newly launched outfit.

The umbrella body of the Arewa Youth Groups alleged that some northern elders are behind the floating of the security outfit.

The group also said that these elders also planned to station the headquarters of Shege Ka Fasa in Kaduna - a defunct capital of the north.

Murtala Abubakar, the leader of the joint action committee of northern youths association said the Arewa youths across the region is not a party to the creation of the new security outfit.

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However, the governors in the southwest have restated their commitment to ensuring the region's security outfit, Operation Amotekun, succeed.

Recently, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state said the southwest regional security outfit is here to stay.

He disclosed this while addressing the people of Ekiti state during a live radio program tagged ‘Mr Governor Speaks’ on Sunday, February 2.

During the show which was monitored by Nigerian Tribune, he spoke about several issues including the way forward for the famous regional security outfit.

According to him, the people have taken Amotekun far beyond what the governors had planned initially.

Now the security outfit has reached other countries including Russia, USA, and South Africa with a customised outfit.

Fayemi went on to stress the reason for, and importance of, the establishment of Amotekun in the southwest region.

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