During plenary, Ibrahim Umar Dikko, the Chief Whip of the Katsina State House of Assembly, expressed his sorrow over the growing level of insecurity in the the Matazu Local Government Area.
The Matazu constituency’s representative, Dikko, claimed that bandits had taken over the majority of the region.
He screamed that farmers could not reach their farms and that locals were left defenseless.
Eight wards are under siege out of the ten. Farms are inaccessible to farmers. He sobbed, “They killed a young man and rustled four sets of oxen used for plowing just yesterday by the town entrance near the secondary school.”
The lawmaker also disclosed that the bandits killed 12 farmers in a span of two days.
They murdered five farmers on their property yesterday. They had murdered seven farmers on their farms the day before. “Wallahi, the farms are no longer accessible,” he exclaimed.
His heartfelt appeal provides additional insight into the circumstances in Katsina, one of the Northwest’s most severely bandit-affected states.
Bandits have persisted in their murderous rampage, raping and kidnapping at will.
Bandits continue to use forests as hiding places to launch new attacks in spite of military operations and security reinforcements.By increasing security forces, aiding vigilante organizations, and helping displaced people, the state and federal governments have attempted to bring about peace. However, as the media reports nearly every day, these have not stopped the attacks.
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