Kebbi Govt raises alarm over new ‘Sai Mallam’ terrorist group

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The Kebbi State Government has raised concerns implicit the emergence of a caller violent radical known arsenic the ‘Sai Mallam’ sect successful parts of the state, peculiarly successful Argungu Local Government Area.

The state’s Security Adviser, retired Col. Danladi Ribah, expressed interest implicit the radical during a stakeholders’ information gathering with the Deputy Inspector-General of Police supervising the North-West geopolitical zone, Suleiman Mohammed Abdul, astatine the Presidential Lodge successful Birnin Kebbi.

According to Ribah, members of the radical were initially detected successful smaller numbers successful Zuru earlier their beingness became much pronounced successful Argungu.

“Without an iota of doubt, ‘Sai Mallam’ adherents are contiguous successful ample numbers successful Argungu. They were earlier detected successful Zuru, though successful smaller numbers,” helium said.

He noted that the radical was archetypal identified successful Sokoto State, wherever information agencies were capable to incorporate its activities.

Ribah assured residents that the authorities authorities was moving intimately with information agencies to code the menace and forestall further dispersed of the group.

He said Governor Nasir Idris had continued to supply logistical, worldly and fiscal enactment to information agencies to fortify operations against bandits, Lakurawa, Mamudawa and different transgression elements.

According to him, Lakurawa fighters participate Kebbi throug...

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