The Chairman of Faruruwa Security Community Forum in Shanono Local Government area of Kano State, Alhaji Yahya Bagobiri, has expressed serious dismay at the persistent attacks of bandits at their area despite the deployment of heavy armed Military and other security personnel.
Bagobiri, who doubles as the community leader, made the complaint in a statement on Monday , saying the bandits who stormed the area on Sunday night on motorcycles, abducted five nursing mothers and carted away 50 cows and other unspecified number of animals.
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“The sunday’s attacks at Yan Kwada village in Faruruwa community of Shanono Local government sent panicking among residents with hundreds fleeing the area,” he said.
Bagobiri who further lamented that for the last three weeks when the Military drafted their men and other security agencies, they continued to experience daily attacks.
“We continue to see these attacks almost on daily basis, despite the presence of the Military and other security, even yesterday’s attacks we heard about it that they are coming and we alerted the Security but nothing was done until they came around 9pm raided houses and whisked away the nursing mothers”.
He said, “among those nursing mothers that were kidnapped one luckily escaped back to her family, so for now they are having four nursing mothers with them”.
“What the Bandits did was to throw away babies of the nursing mothers and take the momen away living the children crying,” he said.
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The Chairman of the Forum strongly appealed to President Tinubu and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu and other top Security echelon to come to their rescue before it is too late.
“We earlier on, appreciate the immediate response of sending the Military to our area, we still thanks the Government for that gesture, but we want them to Strengthen and provide more armed personnel around the areas”.
He said doing that will help curtail the menace and gives peace to the area.
Recall that two weeks ago the Military engaged the raiding Bandits killing 19 of them while losing two officers during the encounter.
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the Kano Police Command, CSP Abdullahi Haruna said he would find out.
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“I will find out from the Divisional Police Officer.
When I called him again, he sent a message that he will call me later which he did not up to the time of filing this report.
