Bandits have reportedly taken over the military training camp at Nagwamase Military Cantonment in Kontagora, headquarters of Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State.
This has led to the sack of no
fewer than 23 communities within the vicinity of the camp.
The training camp is one of the
biggest military training ground in the country.
A motion of urgent public
importance brought by the member representing Kontagora 11 state House of
Assembly, Abdullah Isah during plenary, yesterday, revealed that the military
camp occupies a vast land which extends to part of Mariga Local Government Area
of the state, which he said has been taken over by the bandits.
The Assembly, therefore, urged
the state government to liaise with the military authority with a view to flush
out the bandits from the training camp which also plays host to about 23
communities in the area.
The member in his motion said:
"This military camp has now been taken over by bandits, who have
established at least eight different camps in the area.
"The training camp has
posed a serious security challenge to communities within the camp both in
Kontagora and Mariga LGAs."
According to him, communities
within the training camp have come under intense attacks in the past month from
the bandits who he said operate with impunity.
He said some members of the communities who were abducted during the recent were still in the den of the bandits.
The member cried out to the
government to take decisive decisions towards flushing out the terrorists from
the camp.
The members also called on the
government to further assist the military with modern equipments and logistics
towards flushing out the armed men from the the training camp and restore peace
to the area.
Residents from the 23 sacked
communities are predominantly farmers, who have invariably fled their ancestral
homes and farms.
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