Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has launched the state’s Community Policing Scheme for Rano Emirate, where Falgore Forest is situated.
The governor, during the official launch of the scheme at Doguwa Local Government Area sUNday, also commissioned a new police station and six vehicles, donated by the Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, to enhance security in the area bordered by the Falgore forest.
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The six vehicles were shared between the police, army and the state’s Road Transport Agency (KAROTA), which also got a new station in the local government.
“We have two forests in Kano that we have taken over from crime perpetrators, the Dansoshiya forest and the Falgore forest.
“We created the Ruga settlement in Dansoshiya and resolved the herders-farmers crisis, while here in Falgore we founded a military training camp.
“These activities have turned the forests lively and driven criminal activities away,” he said.
Doguwa, who represents Tudunwada/Doguwa federal constituency, described the Falgore forest in the past as a very dangerous zone where crimes, like robbery, kidnapping, banditry and others, happened regularly.
He added that the intervention of Governor Ganduje has reformed the place and made it safer.
