Valentine’s Day horror in Katsina
bandits, riding on 180 motorcycles, each carrying two or three people, invaded the villages while the residents were saying their Magrib prayers at about 6.30 pm, shooting sporadically.
They, therefore, urged the state government to quickly intervene in the matter to stem the tide of another round of incessant attacks. Not only were houses burnt, goats, cows and other domestic animals belonging to the villagers were not spared. Food items and livestock were also looted. During the visit, he assured the people that food items would immediately be made available to them by the state government. He also said there would be 24-hour security surveillance around the communities, while confidence-building measures would be taken to discourage residents from fleeing.
On the deplorable condition of the road to Tsauwa, Governor Masari assured that the road would be given attention in the projects designed by the World Bank to open up rural agrarian communities. The Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Bello Masari on Security Matters, Ibrahim Ahmed Katsina, while reacting to the attacks on the two villages in an exclusive interview with The Nation, said the traditional form of security surveillance, which according to him is the best way to augment the presence of security agencies in all the nooks and crannies of the state, would be vigorously explored and revitalised by the state government in collaboration with rural community leaders and traditional...
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