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Sokoto East senatorial representative, Ibrahim Gobir said not less than 5,000 Nigerians have moved to Niger Republic for safety over banditry attacks in the state.
Gobir made the statement after Senator Sabi Abdullahi of Niger north senatorial district raised the motion at Tuesday plenary session on the need to enhance security operations in Niger state.
During the debate, the Sokoto East Senator described the situation in his state as “pathetic”, lamenting how the Nigerian army looks the other way while its citizens are been rescued only by the Nigerien army from bandits attacks and other criminal activities.
He said: “The situation in Sokoto east as far as armed banditry is concerned is pathetic and tragic because it is only the Nigerien army that has been coming to their rescue while the Nigerian Army looks the other way round,” he said.
“Based on very reliable and verifiable information from the area, many a time, the people of the affected areas called on Nigerian army for help and protection against the bandits but no response.
“The Nigerien army has been assisting in wading off the bandits, the very reason why not less than 5,000 people in the affected areas have migrated to Niger Republic for safety.”
Moving the motion earlier, the Niger North senator asked for the President, Muhammadu Buhari’s intervention on the deplorable situation in his state.
The motion was however adopted after a voice vote precised over by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan.
