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Senator Gobir Said Foreign Soldiers Are Saving Nigerians From Bandits.
Senator Gobir Said Foreign Soldiers Are Saving Nigerians From Bandits.
Senator Ibrahim Gobir, representative of Sokoto East in the Senate, claims as they have been abandoned to their fate by the military, his constituents are at the mercy of bandits.
On Tuesday while seconding the motion moved by Sabi Abdullahi, Deputy Chief Whip, on the order given by Major General Muhammadu Buhari, (retd.), President of Nigeria, to the military to flush bandits out of Zamfara State, Senator Gobir, made this claim.
The senator’s constituents now rely on Nigerien Soldiers for protection. This is according to Legislator.
“There is no protection for my people in the Sokoto East Senatorial District because of the incessant attacks by bandits.
“At least 300 people have either been killed or kidnapped in the last three months while over 5,780 cows valued at N2.5bn had been stolen i his constituents.
“We are even appealing to the Federal Government through the Senate for reparation.
“We now rely on the Nigerien Army that is helping us since Nigerian soldiers have abandoned us.
“The situation is so bad that we only get help from the Niger Republic, not even from Nigeria.
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“We can’t be big for nothing and watch the Nigerien Army assist us.
“Whenever there is an attack and we call the Nigerian Army, they abandoned, didn’t come, patrol some meters and leave the people at the mercy of the bandits.
“However, immediately we inform the commandant of the Nigerien Army at a formation a few kilometers away, the officer will come with his troops and help Nigerians.
“When we call the Nigerian Army, whose personnel are in a few kilometers away, we won’t get an instant response but the Nigerien soldiers, who are in about five kilometers away, will quickly move in and ward off the intruders.
“At the moment, the Nigerians in Sokoto East are relocating to the Niger because they are no longer safe in Nigeria,” He said.
Abdullahi in the motion based on orders 42 and 52 of the Senate Standing Rules lamented the daily occurrence of banditry in Niger State which requires urgent intervention from the President.
However, the Senate commended Buhari for ordering the military to flush bandits out of Katsina State but asked him to expand the scope of the order to cover Zamfara, Kaduna, Niger, Sokoto and other states under bandit attacks.
The upper chamber also called on the military and police to increase their surveillance operations to check banditry.
Gunmen have attacked the headquarters of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ebonyi State, killing one police officer. The incident happened on Tuesday, the Ebonyi State Police Command spokesperson, Loveth Odah, said. According to her, two of the gunmen were also killed in the duel.
While narrating how the incident happened, she said the Ebonyi Police Commissioner, Aliyu Garba, got a distress call from the NDLEA Commandant in the south-east state at about 2:30 am on Tuesday informing him of the attack. According to her, the gunmen drove into the NDLEA headquarters in a Toyota 4Runner Jeep, shooting sporadically at the men on duty.
The Commission immediately mobilised a combined team of a mobile police force and military personnel to the area and promptly repelled the attack. Some of the gunmen later escaped with bullet injuries while two rifles (AK-49 and K2) with 140 K2 live ammunition, 30 AK-47 live ammunition, and 36 GPMP were recovered from the assailants.
Other things recovered were 65 Barreta Pistol live ammunition, one Toyota 4Runner Jeep, some chairs, and other incriminating items, the police spokesperson added. Efforts are ongoing to arrest the fleeing gunmen, she said.
Aside from security officers, other public establishments including offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have been attacked.
Stakeholders fear that the rising wave of gunmen attacks in the southeast may affect the 2023 elections.
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Maj-gen. Bernard Onyeuko, Director, Defence Media Operations, disclosed this, Thursday while speaking to the press concerning military operations across the country.
Accoring to him, this comes after weeks of operations by the Nigerian armed forces. Troops of operation hadin kai, between the 24th of February and 10th march, 2022, conducted clearing operations in the fight against insecurity in Nigeria.
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has come out to say that over 30,000 Boko haram/ISWAP terrorists along with their famines have surrendered in the north east of the country.
The SGF stressed the government’s dedication to ending insecurity in Nigeria with the use of kinetic and no-kinetic approaches.
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