Anthony Iwuoma
Bandits have again attacked Niger State, killing a village head and abducting three other residents.
The attack took place in Mashegu Local Government Area where the village head of Mulo, Alhaji Usman Garba, was killed and and three other residents of the community were kidnapped.
The village head was reportedly killed by the bandits, who dumped his remains by the road side before escaping with the three others.
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The state Commissioner of Internal Security and Humanitarian Affairs, Emmanuel Umar, told Journalists at Government House, Minna, about the invasion, adding, however, that there had been relative peace in most parts of the local government areas in terms of terrorism in the past few months.
He also admitted that some local government areas were still vulnerable activities of bandits.
“There had been tremendous improvements in the security situation in Niger state in the past few months but there are still pockets of threats still existing in some communities especially Kontagora, Mashegu and Mariga local government areas,” the commissioner said.
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“The latest one is the invasion of these bandits of some communities in Mashegu on Thursday during which four people including the village head of Mulo, Alhaji Usman Garba and three others were abducted.
“Unfortunately, the traditional ruler was gruesomely murdered by the hoodlums.”
According to Umar, the state governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, had condoled the community on the death of the monarch and ordered the Joint Security Task Force to go after the bandits and rescue the abducted villagers.
