Insurgency started in Southern Nigeria –Northern elder statesman, Yakasai

Insurgency started in Southern Nigeria –Northern elder statesman, Yakasai


A founding member of the Arewa Consultative Forum and elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has said that the problem of insurgency in Nigeria started in Southern Nigeria.

He spoke on Channels Television’s ‘News Night’ programme on Monday monitored by The PUNCH.

The 96-year-old elder statesman also said the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), failed to address the root cause of banditry, especially in the North-West and North-Central because he had no clear-cut programmes and policy actions to tackle the menace.

Yakasai,…

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