MINNA — The activities of terrorists who are preventing farmers from harvesting their crops, in Niger State have been a source of concern to Governor Abubakar Sani Bello saying it would further worsen food insecurity, even as he called for a full war against bandits.
The governor’s concern came on following the recent killing of 13 farmers at their farm in Nakudna and Wurukuchi communities during harvest.
“We are worried by the nefarious activities of these terrorists, desperation has been noticed among them as a result of the onslaught of security agents which has made them to target unsuspecting rural inhabitants.
“It is now time that a full-fledged war be declared on these unscrupulous elements since they have been proscribed as terrorists. We cannot just allow these people to continue with this massacre,” he said.
Governor Bello who condemned the attacks in the state said the terrorists were fleeing to the state from the ongoing onslaught by security agencies in the neighbouring states and were getting desperate to target innocent farmers.
He called for a coordinated and simultaneous attack on the terrorists by security agents in the affected states, maintaining that it would go a long way in mitigating the situation.
Governor Bello described the act as barbaric and inhumane, and promised that efforts would be intensified by government and security agencies to ensure that desperate terrorists who are on the run are captured and brought to justice.
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