Chief of Defence Staff, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, and Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, are in a closed-door meeting at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja.

The agenda of the meeting is to discuss the security challenges ravaging the state.

The meeting came after a recent spate of killings in the state, including the recent killing of four policemen at a checkpoint.

An official said that the meeting was aimed at finding ways to contain the incident of banditry in Zamfara State permanently.

“Apart from exchanging congratulatory messages, they will also discuss strategic moves on how to address security challenges in the state,” the official said.

Bandits have been on rampage in Zamfara State in the last few years, claiming hundreds of lives.

Recently, a former governor of the state, Sani Yerima, asked the President, Bola Tinubu, to negotiate with terror gangs operating in Zamfara State and other parts of the Northwest of the country.

Yerima said the negotiation he was advocating was similar to what the administration of former President Umar Yar’Adua did with militants in the Niger Delta, which gave birth to the amnesty programme.

However, the state governor is in opposition to this proposal.