By Uthman-Baba Naseer,Minna <\/p>\n
The Commissioner For Homeland Security in Niger State,Bar. Maurice Bello Magaji,has reaffirmed the State Government readiness to ensure the security of the people of Borgu and its surrounding communities against the activities of armed bandits and other criminal elements.<\/p>\n
The Commissioner assured that the government has taken an aggressive proactive measure aimed at safeguarding the people that have hitherto been subjected to unwholesome attacks by armed men believed to be bandits.<\/p>\n
He stated that as part of the measure taken by the state Government,a combined joint operations of security forces have been deployed to the Kainji lake park which has already been identified as a route of the armed men terrorizing the surrounding communities in Borgu and other neighbouring communities.<\/p>\n
Speaking in an interview with Journalists in his office Minna,Monday,Barrister Maurice Magaji disclosed that the government is already on top of the situation to make the areas inhabitable to the armed men and their unabated attacks on the villagers within Borgu and other neighbouring villages.<\/p>\n
\u201c We as government, are not relenting in making Borgu and any other security prone communities in the state,to be secured. We have taken a proactive step to make the areas a no go area for these criminal elements.<\/p>\n
\u201c Joint armed security forces have been deployed to the areas. And from the reports we are getting from the areas, these criminals are no longer safe in those communities. <\/p>\n
\u201c They have been chased out from their enclaves in those areas by the joint armed forces. They are no longer safe. We will continue to smoke them out from their enclaves until they are totally neutralized from there\u201d the Commissioner stated.<\/p>\n
According to the Commissioner,the success recorded in curtailing the unwholesome activities of these criminal elements was attributed to the support and cooperation received from the various stakeholders through the provision of credible and verifiable intelligence on the strange movements in their communities stressing that such intelligence has assisted the security forces.<\/p>\n
He appealed to community leaders,and members of the public in the areas to continue to support security agencies in the areas with the needed informations on the movement of strangest faces in their midsts, this according to the Commissioner will assist in making the community unbearable for the bandits.<\/p>\n
Speaking further,Barrister Magaji assured that the government will continue to provide the relevant security agencies with the needed logistic support in ensuring the safety of the people of the state at all times.<\/p>\n
On the recent reports of some bandits given millions of Naira for the purchase of food stuffs for them, by some villagers,the Commissioner,said,\u201dyes we heard of the reports,it is the confirmation of the proactive step we have taken against them, that is now biting harder on them which is now making them uncomfortable in their enclaves\u201d<\/p>\n
He posited that the government and the security forces will continue to use all the necessary security architectures to dislodge the armed bandits from Niger State adding that \u201cwe will make sure that Niger State will no longer be habitable armed bandits and their operational activities in the state<\/p>\n
\u201c With the support and cooperation with reliable and verifiable intelligence to the security agencies,I think we shall make Niger a Banditry free for our people particularly our farmers\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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