Nigeria’s National Security Council has declared Zamfara as no-fly zone as well as banned mining activities in the state, the country’s Security Adviser, NSA, Babagana Monguno, has disclosed.
He said the President also approved a ban on mining activities in Zamfara to stop the rising insecurity.
Monguno disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting of the council at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday.
While revealing that all non-state actors were placed under surveillance, the NSA said federal government would use kinetic means to restore normalcy in the country.
According to Monguno, defense and intelligence organisations had been charged not to allow the country slide into anarchy, adding that the President charged the new service chiefs to reclaim all areas under the control of bandits, insurgents and kidnappers.
“We can no longer avoid to lose lives while operating within the legalities. We are not going to blackmailed . The government has the responsibility to assert its will.
“Citizens can reside wherever they want to reside . Anybody who is a criminal should be brought to book. The president has also warned against ethnic profiling. We have have enough of chaos.
“Any individual that thinks he can cause disunity, should have a rethink,” he said.
The meeting, which held for close to five hours, was attended by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha and the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari.
Others were the Ministers of Defence, retired Major General Bashir Magashi, Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, Interior, Rauf Aregbesola as well as Chief of Defence Staff Major General Lucky Irabor, Service Chiefs and Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu.
