Nigeria: Kebbi Govt to Engage Security Consortium in Fight Against Banditry

Nigeria: Kebbi Govt to Engage Security Consortium in Fight Against Banditry

Kebbi State Government and a private security consortium, G-Safety, are in talks on ways to explore areas of collaboration in fighting banditry in the state.

Kebbi govt hires security firm to flush out notorious Lakurawa gangs

Kebbi State Government has engaged an international security organisation to help combat banditry and the activities of the notorious Lakurawa gangs across the state. The head of Gsafety, a China-based security consultancy firm, Ahmed Sale Jnr, disclosed this while briefing journalists on the firm’s mandate in Birnin Kebbi. Sale said the organisation, which operates in at least 36 countries worldwide, specialises in deploying advanced intelligen…

Kebbi denies hiring Chinese security firm to fight banditry

The Kebbi State Government has denied media reports alleging that it hired a Chinese security company, G-Safety, to assist in combating banditry and other criminal activities in the state.Some media platforms reported on Wednesday that Governor Nasir Idris welcomed the global security consortium to the state as part of renewed efforts to strengthen security operations and support the fight against criminality.Idris was said to have received the …

Kebbi Governor Idris Enters Pact With Chinese Security Firm To Combat Banditry, Lakurawa Terrorists

Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State has entered into a "strategic partnership" with a Chinese security firm as part of renewed efforts to tackle banditry and other criminal activities ravaging parts of the state and the wider Northwestern region. The agreement, which the governor’s office described as a “strategic collaboration on intelligence and technology,” follows sustained attacks by bandits and the notorious Lakurawa group in several local…