Nigeria, Sept. 12 -- The Kano State Government has directed traditional rulers to monitor all transactions in landed properties in the state.

The spokesperson of the Office of the Secretary to Kano State Government, Musa Muhammad, announced this in a statement on Friday.

He said the directive is to prevent bandits fleeing from military onslaughts in neighbouring states from relocating to Kano.

Armed bandits are reportedly fleeing Zamfara where the military is carrying out an offensive against them. The government of Jigawa State had also warned Fulani leaders against harbouring bandits fleeing the state.

Kano and Jigawa are relatively peaceful and have not recorded many cases of banditry, unlike other states in the Northwest of Nigeri...