Faced with the dire consequences of heinous activities of terrorists, the Niger State acting governor, Yakubu Garba, has called on the Nigerian Army to reopen its camp in Allawa which the military shut down after an attack by bandits.
Mr Garba made the call when he attended the third-day Fidda’u prayer for victims of recent a recent bandits attack in Anguwan Maigero in Shiroro Local Government Area of the state.
At the prayer session, the acting governor appealed to the Nigerian Army to redeploy soldiers to Allawa and other communities prone to attacks in the state.
Moe than 13 people were said to have been killed on Wednesday by bandits who ambushed them on their way to their farms in Anguwan village.
Mr Garba said the withdrawal of soldiers from the area brought a setback to the state government’s efforts in tackling insecurity across the state.
“I want to appeal to our military to see reasons to go back to Allawa and other prone areas to give full security cover to our people who are predominantly farmers,” he said.
He said the state government was deploying strategies to improve security in the state.
The acting governor said unlike two years ago when people could not travel to places like Kuta, Zumba, Gwada and Erena in Shiroro, they can now go there due to the efforts being made to tackle insecurity.
He clarified that those killed in the recent attack were displaced farmers who left the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp to farm when they were ambushed by the bandits.
He said no one should play politics with issues of insecurity because they have to do with the lives of the people.