Boko Haram controls over 42 communities in Niger State, Senator Mohammed Sani Musa (APC, Niger East) has said on Tuesday.
The senator disclosed this at the senate plenary some hours after Niger State Governor Sani Bello had raised an alarm that the terrorists have hoisted their flags in some communities in the state.
The lawmaker spoke while moving a motion on the killings in Shiroro, Munya and Rafi local government areas of Niger State where over 475 persons had been killed by bandits and terrorists in his constituency between January 2020 to date.Senator Musa said his people are under the siege laid by “heartless, venomous and hydra headed” insurgents.
He said Boko Haram “have kidnapped many and their wives seized from them and forcefully attached to Boko Haram members. Three military camps in Allawa, Bassa and Zagzaga in the two local government areas have been sacked and some security personnel killed by the insurgents in the last one month of renewed attacks.
“I can authoritatively confirm that the Boko Haram terrorist have mounted their flags in many of the villages they have captured such as Kaure, Alawa and Magami. Inhabitants of these war-torn parts of the State have been abandoned and left to their fate thereby compelling them to wallow in perpetual agony and abject misery.
“Furthermore at this moment primary schools in Gwada, Kuta, Pandogari and Minna have hurriedly been turned to IDP camps following the sacking of nearly 5600 villagers from their ancestral homes in Shiroro, Rafi and Munya local government areas in the last few weeks by bandits who raided the towns and villages. And what this means is that if they can launch attacks without hindrance in Niger East Senatorial District then I don’t see how we can be safe in Abuja anymore.”