Amid worsening insecurity across Northern Nigeria, governors of the 19 northern states and leading traditional rulers on Monday convened an emergency meeting in Kaduna to deliberate on urgent solutions to the region’s escalating security crisis.
The closed-door session, hosted by Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, brought together members of the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF), led by its chairman, Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State.
Also in attendance were prominent traditional rulers under the Northern Traditional Leaders Council, headed by the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III.
Although details of the meeting were not immediately made public, it was learnt that discussions were centered almost entirely on the deteriorating security situation in the region, particularly the surge in banditry, terrorism, kidnapping, and violent clashes between farmers and herders.
These crises have claimed hundreds of lives and displaced thousands of residents in recent months.
The emergency gathering underscores growing alarm among northern leaders as criminal networks expand operations across rural and urban areas, overwhelming local communities and stretching security agencies thin.
The meeting is expected to produce a coordinated regional strategy and renewed collaboration between political and traditional institutions in addressing insecurity.
As of the time of filing this report, the Forum had not released an official communiqué.
An All Progressives Congress (APC) member, Imran Muhammad, posted photos from the meeting on his X account on Monday.
