Bandits attack: Niger deputy gov visits Anguwan Magiro community

Niger acting governor, Comrade Yakubu Garba has paid a condolence visit to Anguwan Magiro community whose people were recently attacked by gunmen suspected to be bandits, leading to the death of about 16 persons.

Comrade Garba, who had an interaction with the community members and also assessed the situation, sympathised with them over the incident.

Speaking to journalists after the interactive session and on-the-spot assessment, the Acting Governor said the security agents will carry out a thorough investigation of the attack and relate the outcome to the government.

He observed that insecurity was affecting the outcome of the Agricultural revolution of the incumbent Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago-led administration in the State as farmers were being chased out of their communities by bandits.

The Acting Governor, however, assured that government was doing everything humanly possible to change the narrative and tame the tide of insecurity challenges bedeviling the State.

He used the opportunity to debunk the speculations on social media that the victims were going for mining, explaining that the victims were in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp and decided to go to Anguwan Magiro for farming purposes.

Also speaking, the Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command, CP Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman, assured that an investigation to understand the cause, identify the attackers and the victims would be opened soonest.

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