Governors of northern states are currently meeting at the Government House in Kaduna over the escalating insecurity in the region.
Governors attending the security session include Uba Sani (Kaduna), Umar Bago (Niger), Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe), Nasir Idris (Kebbi), Ahmadu Fintiri (Adamawa), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Umar Namadi (Jigawa), Dauda Lawal (Zamfara), and Mai Mala Buni (Yobe), among others.
A handful of monarchs, including Saad Abubakar, the sultan of Sokoto, are also attending the meeting.
The sit-down was initially scheduled to take place on November 29 but was postponed over a related security session with the senate committee.
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Communities across the northern states have come under renewed gunmen attacks, with rising cases of abductions of schoolchildren.
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On November 17, some gunmen attacked the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi state and abducted 25 female students.
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The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) also killed Musa Uba, a brigadier general, following an ambush on a convoy of soldiers and operatives of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Borno state.
On November 18, bandits abducted some worshippers at a branch of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) at Oke Isegun in the Eruku community, a border town with Kogi, in the Ekiti LGA of Kwara state.
On November 21, President Bola Tinubu cancelled his trip to South Africa over the spate of gunmen attacks and abductions in the country.
On November 21, bandits attacked St Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in the Papiri community, Agwara LGA of Niger, abducting more than 300 students and teachers.
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Last week, Tinubu said all 38 worshippers abducted in Kwara had been rescued.
