The state government has solicited the intervention of the federal government on the continual banditry in the state.
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency says bandits have displaced no fewer than 4,030 persons from their communities in four local government areas of the state.
Mr Ibrahim said that over 1,000 persons displaced from communities in Shiroro Local Government Area were taking shelter at Dr Idris Ibrahim Central Primary School, Kuta.He told NAN that bandits displaced 2,000 persons from Pandogari and environs in Rafi LGA, adding that they were taking refuge at the Internally Displaced Persons camp in Central Primary School, Kagara.
He said the government had provided relief materials through the agency to lessen the suffering of the affected persons, adding that plans were underway to provide more materials for those not yet given.
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