THE Commissioner of Police, Kano State, CP Sama’ila Dikko, has assured expatriates residing in Kano of their safety, saying that herdsmen entering Kano must get clearance.
Speaking on Wednesday in Kano, Dikko said, “This morning, I had meetings with the leaders of Fulani in Kaduna, Jigawa and Katsina states.
“We agreed that any of the herders or miners who are coming into Kano must come with a letter from our police formations of that state.
“If we see you and you don’t have such identification, we send you back to where you are coming from.
“We are on alert and anybody coming into Kano unauthorized must be turned back. They may be bandits, criminals or other bad people. So we will not accept this in Kano.”
“The expatriates, especially the Chinese in Kano, are a little bit apprehensive of the general security situation in the country. So we are making efforts to ensure that all the expatriates in Kano are safe.
“We, the security agencies, met and made arrangements on how the security will be intact.
“We had a meeting with the head of the Chinese people and we assured them that their security will be intact.
“We will continue to synergize, share intelligence to ensure that the expatriates that are here in Kano live in peace and going about with their businesses without hitches.
“We have a large number of expatriates in the state because of the economic position of Kano in this country.
“We have a large number of them especially the Chinese who are here for business, as well as construction companies. We are also expecting more to come because of the security availability in the state.
“In Kano, we have made serious arrangements with other sister agencies to make sure that we fortify and defend our police station, people of Kano and our officers. We are very much ready.”
It will be recalled that some expatriates especially Chinese were recently kidnapped in Niger State. This development has spread fear in the mind of expatriates in the region.
