The representative of Sokoto East in the Senate, Senator Ibrahim Gobir, has claimed some parts of his constituency are under the control of bandits.
In an interview with our correspondent in Abuja on Friday, Gobir, who lamented that criminal gangs had sacked traditional and political institutions in most villages and towns in the area, claimed government forces told his people they could not protect them from the bandits because the hoodlums had better weapons.
“They have constituted themselves as judges. They have sacked the traditional and political institutions there, so there are no judges at all. He added, “If you look at the situation in that area, there is no farming because if the bandits find you on the farm, they will shoot you.“They sometimes surround a whole town or village and kill as many as they can and then take away whatever they want and burn the whole place.
Gobir, whose efforts made the Senate to include Sokoto among the states troops should invade and chase away bandits, however, doubted the impact of the resolution.
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