Chairman of Shiroro LGA in Niger state, Suleiman Chukuba has raised the alarm that over 500 communities in his LGA have been taken over by Boko Haram terorrists.
Speaking with newsmen on Friday, the Chairman said not less than 8 wards in the LGA are now under the insurgent’s siege.
According to Chukuba, the affected areas are Bassa-Kokki, Allawa, Kurebe, Kushaka, Manta, Gurmana, Kwati, Galadima Kogo and Chukuba.
He said: “They incorporate the people of those communities by telling them they have arms and money to give them so they can assist them in fighting the government,”
“Shiroro local government has an uncountable number of Boko Haram fighters.
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“I have the proof being that I am the executive chairman, the chief security officer of the local government. When they go to the various communities, what they tell them is that ‘We don’t want primary, secondary schools. We only want Islamiyya schools.’”
He called on the federal government to deploy more security operatives to the area to wipe out the terorrists.
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