Banditry in Northwest, especially in the eastern part of Sokoto state, has once again raised it’s ugly head. Since the inauguration of the current set of governors in the Northwest and their their vows not to negotiate with the bandits leaves much to be desired, especially that the bandits have increased the tempo of attacks on communities all over the subregion.
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The Minister of State for Defense, Bello Muhammad has said that conflict entrepreneurs were responsible for unending banditry in the Northwest.
The Niger state Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has called for more mobile squads to be posted to sensitive areas of the state in a bid to limit the movement of bandits from neighbouring states into Niger State.
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Bandits in the early hours of Sunday, invaded two communities in Lapai local government area of Niger state, killed 15…