At least 500 communities are in eight wards of Shiroro local government area of Niger State are under control of Boko Haram, council chairman, Suleiman Chukuba, has said.
Chukuba disclosed this while briefing journalists on Friday.
He listed some affected areas as Manta, Gurmana, Bassa-Kokki, Allawa, Kurebe, Kushaka, Kwati, Chukuba and Galadima Kogo.
“They incorporate the people of those communities by telling them they have arms and money to give them so they can assist them in fighting the government,” he said.
“Shiroro local government has an uncountable number of Boko Haram fighters.
“I have the proof being that I am the Executive Chairman, the Chief Security Officer of the local government. When they go to the various communities, what they tell them is that ‘We don’t want primary, secondary schools. We only want Islamiyya schools.’”
The council leader appealed to the Federal Government to bring more security personnel to the area to help dislodge the criminals whom he said had made Shiroro their home.
