The Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, has accused some government officials and security personnel of aiding banditry in the country.
Radda added that it has become difficult to end banditry as it has now turned into a “business venture.”
He stated this on Friday when he featured on Channels Television’s Politics Today.
He said, “Now it has turned out to be a business venture. A business venture for the criminals, some people who are in government; some people who are in security outfits, and some people who are responsible for the day-to-day activities of their people.
These are so many reasons why we are unable to bring banditry to an end.”
He also noted that those behind banditry are not doing it for political reasons, saying, “The issue of the hypothesis behind political motive as responsible for banditry is not true.”
The governor disclosed further that many “northern youths are recruited into banditry with a mere N500.”
