By Daniel Tabiyatiya
Since his assumption to office in 2019, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has swept through the entire murderous dynasty of hoodlums, bandits, kidnappers and extremists’ groups.
Alas! Adamawa is salvaged under his untired fists of confident leadership
Gone are the days when kidnapers, gunmen and the deadly Shilla boys carry out their activities unabated.
His tough stand on insecurity is responsible for the arrest of over 200 Shilla boys, over 50 kidnappers and also brought to the barest minimum, farmers and herders clashes which were getting out of hand, all in his first 3 months in office.
The cases of Shilla boys attacking residents unabated is now a thing of the past, with just few cases being recorded, more interesting is the implementation of a salary structure for vigilante groups because of their significance in checking criminal activities, banditry and insurgency.
His political will to stem the tide of insecurity has brought criminal activities to its lowest ebb.
The sordid experience of inhabitants owing to criminal activities is now becoming a forgotten issue.
It is safe to say that the present administration has achieved 90% success in the fight against insecurity.
His administration acquired 80 Toyota hilux and more than 100 motorcycles and was distributed to security outfits in the state.
Facilitated the return of 133 Nigerian refugees to Adamawa Origins who fled from insecurity to Cameroon.
Also in a move to address the lingering insecurity in the state, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has acquired and presented a second set of 30 Hilux vans to hunters across the 21 local government areas of the state.
10 motorcycles were similarly presented to Operation Farauta joint security outfit to help in reaching out to remote areas for maintenance of peace and security across the state.
Not only equipments, the Governor also empowered manpower of the security apparatus by sending 600 hunters to Police College Maiduguri for training having recently sent 300 for that purpose.
Even as a civilian, he led security chiefs to an ongoing communal clash at Tingno and Tito communities in Lamurde LGA, and repelled the attack in the process.
The first time in the history of Adamawa State, or probably the Northeastern part of the country or Nigeria as a whole.
Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has proven time without number that he is after the welfare and security of lives and properties of the citizens of Adamawa State.
His timely response to gunmen attacks is a clear testament that he values the lives and properties of the people.
Not only does he visit the affected communities, he makes sure that security is beefed up in the community to forestall any impending attacks.
The prolonged violent clashes between farmers and cattle herders. At the core of the conflicts are disputes over access and rights to land and water resources and rapid desertification which has changed the grazing patterns of cattle.
You don’t need a soothsayer to tell you that Governor Fintiri is concerned with the security of lives and properties of the people.
He hs made record whereby first time in years that gunmen and suspects of communal clashes are apprehended barely 24 hours after an attack, as 30 suspects were arrested over the communal clash in Tigno, Lamurde local Government Area of the state.
Another 32 suspects were arrested and charged accordingly for alleged involvement in the communal clash that erupted between Lunguda and Waja communities in Guyuk local government area of Adamawa.
Governor Fintiri has lived up to his expectation as chief security officer of the state by keeping the men of the underworld away from the streets.
