Banditry: 12, Not 70 Killed, Niger Govt Insists

Niger State government has stated that Senator David Umaru manipulated the number of peoples killed through bandit attack on Kwaki community in Shiroro local government area, to instigate the people against the government.

The Senator had last week Thursday released a report showing that 70 persons were purportedly killed in 8 communities in Kwaki area and that the killings were still going without interventions from the authorities. “We make bold to state that the figure is not only grossly exaggerated but the report in the media, credited to former Senator David Umar is spurious and an unfortunate attempt to make Niger State look unsafe in the eyes of the world”, he added.

“Government is aware of David Umaru’s efforts to regrettably instigate people from his locality and to make them erroneously believe that the government isn’t concerned about their plight. This government, without any fear of contradiction, has been protectively and proactively doing well in securing the lives and property of its citizens, an action that has made the state one of the relatively most peaceful in the country” the statement claimed.

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