By Ogechi Okorie
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security operatives to flush out kidnappers and bandits perpetrating heinous acts in Katsina.
Buhari gave the order on Sunday in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity, made available to newsmen.
The statement reads: “A major proactive operation by Special Forces, which details are being kept secret, is now in progress to replace the reactive strikes against insurgent camps.
To give a full effect to the exercise, a planning team is already in the State selecting targets and making preparations for the execution of the “unprecedented” operation.
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin, who has been measured in issuing official statements on the oncoming exercise, briefed the President on the plan he intends to flag off shortly.
President Buhari who expressed sadness over the recent attacks in the State extended his condolences to the families of those killed and prayed for the recovery of the injured.”
