The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, on Thursday met with the Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, and his Niger State counterpart, Mohammed Umar Bago, over the current security challenge in the two states.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Zamfara State Governor, Sulaiman Bala Idris, who confirmed the meeting in a statement in Gusau, said the forum was aimed at find a lasting solution to the banditry and other criminal acts in the two states.
Zamfara is one of the states in the North-West worst hit by the activities of bandits with hundreds of people killed and several millions others displaced by the criminals in the last four years.
