Governors of the Northern states are currently meeting in Kaduna to deliberate on the rising spate of insecurity in the region.
Daily Intel Newspaper could not ascertain if governors from the Middle-belt region are in attendance.
But according to the Punch, governors Uba Sani (Kaduna), Bago (Niger), Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe), Umar Namadi (Jigawa), Dauda Lawal (Zamfara), Mai Mala Buni (Yobe), Nasir Idris (Kebbi), Ahmadu Fintiri (Adamawa), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), are in attendance, with others represented by their deputies.
Traditional rulers, including the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar lll, are also part of the emergency meeting taking place at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House, Kaduna, on Monday.
While details of the emergency meeting was yet to be released officially, a government source said they are deliberating on crucial regional matters, particularly the recent troubling resurgence of kidnapping, banditry across the North.
Details shortly…
