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Governor Masari orders closure of commercial mobile phones charging centres over insecurity

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Worried by the growing insecurity in the state, Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina state yesterday ordered the immediate closure of commercial mobile phone charging centres to curtail activities of bandits and other crimes in the state.

This was as he vowed that decisive measures were underway to checkmate the activities of the bandits.

The Governor made this known while inaugurating a 13-man member state monitoring and enforcement committee on security challenges containment order, he recently signed to arrest activities of bandits in the state.

Masari said, “I don’t need to re-emphasise that today, our priority in Katsina State is to restore normalcy in the state for our people. Security is our number one concern.

“We will continue to bring in new measures that will help in bringing about peace and there will be further regularities regarding the use of mobile phones.

“We will also take further measures with the Federal Ministry of Communications with the aim of restoring normalcy in the communities.

“We have to be decisive and firm as this is a test we must not fail.

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