Bandits terrorising higher than 300 Niger communities like killed over 200 of us and kidnapped 200 others between January 1 and 17 this yr, Governor Abubakar Sani Bello shows.

He explained, “In January by myself this yr, we suffered no longer no longer as much as 50 reported assaults and loss of lives between first and 17th (of) January. Throughout the identical length, no longer no longer as much as 300 communities like been invaded by bandits.”

The governor added that 200 Niger residents were kidnapped, in conjunction with three Chinese language nationals.

He disclosed this on Tuesday after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on the Aso Villa in Abuja.

“We additionally lost some security personnel – their number is 25. Sadly, we lost about 165 civilians and 30 local vigilantes,” Mr Bello lamented. “So, it’s a extraordinarily dire topic that we now like been fighting in the old couple of weeks for the reason that starting of this yr.”

The Niger governor additionally disclosed that Niger residents in diversified communities paid levies to bandits to comprehend far flung from assaults.

Peoples Gazette reported how bandits brutally killed over 200 Zamfara residents and torched their homes closing week.

Speaking after the vicious murders, Mr Buhari, in an announcement closing week, entreated electorate in the affected areas to hiss “patience.”

Sooner than 2015, Mr Buhari had blamed heightened insecurity on 16 years of misrule of the Peoples Democratic Occasion, promising to kind out insecurity when elected.

Nonetheless, since Mr Buhari’s regime took over the reins of vitality in 2015, insecurity has deteriorated.