By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) – Federal lawmaker representing Niger east, Senator Mohammed Sani Musa on Wednesday said that bandits have taking over Niger state particularly his senatorial district.
Sani, who came through a point of order during plenary to present his motion, said at least 12 people have been killed and others kidnapped, including the district head of Madaga.
Some of the local governments mostly affected are Rafi, Shiroro and Manama where many injured people with gun shot wounds who are fleeing the village to the local government headquarters scarcely receive medical attention.
The Senate, in a resolution has called on the federal government to call the service chiefs to rise to their responsibility as all efforts to make them intervene have not yielded any results.
The Senate also called on National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA to send relief materials to the affected people.
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