Tinubu condemns Katsina attacks, orders manhunt for assailants 

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President Bola Tinubu has condemned the recent spate of attacks against citizens in Dutsin-Ma and Kankara Local Government Areas of Katsina State. 

Recall that Katsina Police Command on Monday said about 20 persons including four police officers and two operatives of the state-owned Community Watch Corps were killed by suspected bandits.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, said the attacks on Gidan Tofa and Dan Nakwabo villages in the Kankara Local Government Area of the state occurred on Sunday.

Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,  Ajuri Ngelale in a statement said the President described the latest attacks as grisly and sinister.

He emphasised that more will be done to secure citizens and completely degrade terrorists and other harbingers of death and sorrow in any part of the country.

President Tinubu directed security agencies to go after the assailants and ensure that they are brought to justice. 

The President condoles with the families of the deceased, as well as the government and people of Katsina State, and prays for the repose of the souls of the departed.