The Northern Coalition for Peace and Development, has asked the Federal Government to initiate talks with bandits towards ending banditry and other crimes across the country.

The group’s National Secretary, Alhaji Attahiru Adamu, at a press briefing held in Kaduna said that the clamour for the sack of the nation’s service chiefs was unnecessary and would be counterproductive in the fight against insurgency.

He also asked the Federal Government to emulate the governments of Zamfara, Katsina and Sokoto states that doused tension in the state by holding talks with bandits.

Attahiru Adamu said majority of those calling for the sack of service chiefs are not sincere as they fail to offer reasonable alternative before now to the President on how to tackle issues of security.