Following the directive by the federal government ordering Service Chiefs to relocate to the North West and supervise the fight against terrorists and bandits, the Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Muhammed Matawalle, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, and other military chiefs have arrived Sokoto.
This is part of efforts by the federal government to intensify fight against bandits, kidnapping and other crimes in the North-west.