No fewer than thirty-one people from Tsohon Kabula and Zagzaga communities in the Munya local government of Niger state have been abducted by bandits.
The incident occurred on Thursday, September 28, when the terrorists in their numbers invaded the community on foot.
It was gathered that twenty-three people were abducted from the Tsohon Kabula community, while eight women were abducted from the Zagzaga community.
The attack is barely two weeks after the bandits sacked an entire community.
A source from the community said: “This time around, they came with legs, and they were many in numbers, but we don’t know the exact number because it was already dark.
“They came around 7:00 pm, and all the men ran into the bush for safety, but they carried about eight women and went away with them”.
The senator representing Niger East Senatorial District, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Musa, has described the escalation of the activities of terrorists in his senatorial district as alarming and worrisome.
In a statement signed by the senator, he said that five out of the nine local government areas in his senatorial zone are under siege from terrorists, pointing out that the economic lives of the people who are farming have been destroyed and have increased food crisis and hunger in the area.
Musa called on the government to do its best to restore normalcy in the senatorial district.
He said: “The latest attack and act of terrorism targeted at the people of my constituency, Niger East Senatorial Zone, by these criminal elements is inhuman, wicked, and unacceptable. The people have been forced out of the farmlands and their ancestral homes and have been turned into refugees in their land; this is unfortunate.
“I seriously feel the pains of my people; it is very sad to see people being forced out of their homes without committing any crime. My people are helpless, and the authority must act immediately to restore normalcy in the community.”
The senator warned that if the current escalation of the activities of the terrorists in Niger state and other parts of the country are not urgently addressed, it is capable of frustrating the food security programme of the present administration.
