Tag: bandits in Niger state

The pains, anguish of Niger State communities displaced by bandits

Emporium Reporters

It was dusk and raining heavily in March 2019 in Madaka, a village in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, when familiar sounds of gunshots again seized the air. Dust and gun smoke rose over the village above the heavy downpour as everyone fled to the bush. Zulaiha Isah, 27, was pregnant but ran too, as hard as other villagers. Speaking with PREMIUM TIMES, Mrs Isah said she had lost two brothers and two in-laws in a previous raid by bandits on the village two weeks earlier. In that latest…

Gov Sani-Bello calls for decisive actions against bandits

Emporium Reporters

Chairman North Central Governors’ Forum and Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello said government needed to take drastic action against armed bandits as amnesty offered them has failed. Governor Sani Bello stated this while interacting with Media Practitioners shortly after a meeting with COVID-19 Taskforce Committee in Niger State and other stakeholders at the Government House, Minna. “It has become clear and obvious that the amnesty programme for some of the bandits is not working”, he stated. He said government must assert itself to its responsibility by using whatever…

President Buhari orders Air attacks against bandits in Niger state, environs

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President Muhammadu Buhari has received assurances that with the harmattan dust gradually easing its hold on the skies, fighter aircraft would this week join the efforts to provide effective air attacks against bandits, kidnappers and cattle rustlers that have been attacking remote communities around Dogon Gona forest in Niger State. The President, who described the repeated attacks leading to the losses of several lives in the communities “as a disaster for the nation,” had authorized the deployment of air power to support troops and policemen deployed to the “difficult terrain,”…