GOVERNOR Uba Sani, today, said some former governors in the North-West had compromised the security alliance among states in the region by “wining and dining” with bandits and other terrorists.
Sani claimed some governors took an “extremely wrong” approach in the management of the internal affairs of their states, leading to the current security challenges.
“I remember when the Kaduna State Government and some states within the North-West — and even Niger State, they have borders with us — came together to work out a framework to tackle this issue of insecurity,” he said.
“We had a joint committee, joint funding, working closely with all the security agencies — the army, the air force and the police.
“But unfortunately, somewhere along the line, the alliance broke down when some state governors decided to start engaging the bandits and the terrorists sitting with them, winning and dining with them, compensating them, negotiating with them.”
The governor argued that the approach brought the progress backwards, resulting in a breakdown of the alliance.
