The Conference of Speakers of Houses of Assembly has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits in the Northern parts of the nation as “terrorists and enemies of the state”.

The Conference which comprises of the Speakers of the Houses of Assembly in the 36 states across the country made the call during their third annual meeting held in Katsina.

After the Conference, the Chairman and Bauchi Speaker, Abubakar Suleiman decried the worsening insecurity in the country and charged the Federal Government to find a lasting solution to the problem.

Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari, was at the conference, calling on the federal government to declare a state of emergency on insecurity.