Speaking after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Tambuwal, who had requested for a meeting with the president following an attack by bandits in Sabon Birni Local Government Area (LGA) of his state leading to the death of over 60 people, said he briefed the president on the security situation in Sokoto State and requested for more military assistance to stop the bandits.
"I have seen him, briefed him on the security situation in Sokoto State in particular, the security situation in Sokoto Eastern Senatorial District and of very special concern, Sabon Birni Local Government Area of the state.
President Buhari had on Thursday ordered a fierce military operation to "totally crush" those he called "mass murderers" terrorising people in Sokoto State.
He said he would meet with the military chiefs to seek more assistance against bandits escaping onslaught in Zamfara and Sokoto states.
Meanwhile, The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has urged the federal government to hasten deployment of massive security assistance to Sokoto State after bandits Wednesday killed over 60 people in villages in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of the state.
