Kagara: How banditry started, fester in Niger
The situation in the area degenerated recently with the abduction of 52 passengers travelling in mass transit buses. The travellers regained freedom last week, followed by the abduction of students of Government Science Secondary School, Kagaraand some staff of the school. Over 2,000 children orphaned Data exclusively obtained by Daily Trust from the districts under the Kagara Emirate Council indicate that the children were rendered orphans during incessant attacks by armed bandits over the past nine years. Mallam Salmanu, ‘We have been living in fear over the years’ While some of the o...
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