Nigeria, Sept. 8 -- The Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has warned the opposition against politicising insecurity, insisting that bandits cannot simply be "carpet-bombed out of existence or to submission."

The governor gave the counsel at the public presentation of "Where I Stand," a book written by the late Abubakar Gumi and translated into Arabic by Ibrahim Jalingo.

The event, organised by Jama'atu Izalatul Bid'ah Wa Iqamatus Sunnah (JIBWIS), was held on Saturday, where Mr Sani represented President Bola Tinubu as Special Guest of Honour and also served as Chief Host.

He stressed that insecurity in the North-west differs from Boko Haram's insurgency in the North-east, which is ideologically driven, noting that poverty, unemployment,...