Banditry: Gov Sule Raises Alarm over Presence of Darus Salam Sect in Nasarawa State

BY AHMED TUKUR, LAFIA – Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has raised alarm over the presence of a dangerous and deadly militia sect known as Darus Salam in the state.
Governor Sule, who attributed the recent kidnappings and banditry in the state to the dreaded Darus Salam sect, appealed to Federal Government to as a matter of urgent necessity deploy additional security personnel to the state to mitigate the rising situation.
The state came under serious security threat recently with the kidnapping of high profile citizens among who are one of the Special Advisers to the governor, a 2nd class paramount ruler, a Permanent Secretary in the state civil service and others.
Governor Sule, who made the appeal when he visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential Villa, Abuja to brief him on the security situation in the state called for the immediate intervention of the federal government before the mater gets out of control.
The governor noted that the Darus Salam Sect earlier dislodged from the state has reassembled in Toto Local Government Area of the state and kidnapping people and engaged in other banditry activities.
Sule said; “We want the federal government to intervene by providing more security, more military presence in the area, more police to engage them and get them out of the state.
“The situation especially in Toto is very bad right now. The military had a joint operation with the air force as well as the police recently and they were able to destroy the camp of the Darus salam group but they have regrouped.
“They are now kidnapping, and also involved in banditry. It a bad situation but I believe our security agencies are up to the task,” he said.