Buhari Declares Zamfara A No Fly Zone Also Ban Mining Activities

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared Zamfara a ‘no-fly zone’ and banned all mining activities in the state.

The National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd), who announced this on Tuesday in Abuja, explained that it was part of measures to tackle the security challenges witnessed in the north-western state.

He made the disclosure to State House correspondents after a five-hour National Security Council meeting presided over by the President at the Presidential Villa in the nation’s capital.

Mungonu added that Buhari has directed security officials to clamp down on all those behind the security challenges being witnessed in the state and across the country.

According to him, the service chiefs had been mandated to go after all non-state actors, whose activities had been fueling chaos, for prosecution.

He said already some of the troublemakers had been placed under surveillance by the intelligence agencies.