- * Directs Security Agents To Swoop On Hoodlums Terrorising The State
By Mohammed Nasir Shuaibu (Bauchi State Correspondent)
Bauchi State Government has threatened to take decisive action against any cleric using inciting statements in the name of religious preaching.
It also directed security agents to deal with hoodlums otherwise called "Sara Suka" groups and individuals terrorizing innocent persons, especially in the state capital.
The Secretary to the Bauchi State Government (SSG), Barrister Ibrahim Kashim, sounded the warning after a meeting with Heads of Security Agencies at the Government House in Bauchi.
Barrister Kashim who expressed displeasure over the mode of preaching by some Bauchi based clerics, maintained that government would not allow such actions to cause conflict and disunity among different sects.
According to him, religion is a sensitive issue hence the move by the government to ensure that preachers are respecting the views of one another to guarantee peaceful coexistence.
On the issue of Sara Suka, the SSG noted that the security operatives were directed to penalise the perpetrators of incessant violent attacks being carried out by the notorious youth in most parts of the state capital
Also speaking, the State Commissioner of Police Aminu Alhassan, said the police and other security operatives would intensify operations in all the nooks and crannies ofthe state to ensure adequate security of lives and properties. NNL.
