Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal has reiterated call on Nigerian citizens to avoid playing politics with the security situation in the country in general.
He made the reiteration when he received Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar, who paid him a traditional Sallah homage at the Government Lodge, Sokoto on Wednesday.
Tambuwal stressed the need for the people of the state to collaborate with each other irrespective of political differences, in order to curtail the security challenges in the state.
The governor also charged the people to be vigilant about the activities of informants who give information to bandits in their domains.
According to him, “the state government, in collaboration with security agents, is making efforts to improve the security situation in the state, hence the need to give maximum support and cooperation to government in order to achieve the desired objectives.”
The governor also said the state government had, within the first two years of its coming to power, constructed about 25 district heads palaces, assuring that the remaining would be continued.
He thanked the Sultan and traditional rulers in the state for their support and cooperation to all policies and programmes of the state government.
In his remarks, Sultan Abubakar called on local government councils in the state, to collaborate with the traditional rulers for the improvement of security in their domains.
At the ceremony the district heads of Achida, Sabon Birni, Yabo and the Galadiman Gari, a title holder, thanked the government for the measures being taken to roll back the security challenges in some parts of the state.
