Senator Niger East Senator Sani Musa (APC, Niger East) has condemned heightening insecurity in his constituency.

Musa, in a statement on Friday, lamented the cold blooded murder of innocent villagers in Paikoro, Shiroro and Rafi Local Governments Areas in the constituency.

He said no fewer than than 20 persons died in bandits attacks while between 50 and 70 villagers have been kidnapped and taken taken into custody by bandits who also destroyed their houses and made away with valuable items including money.

He also lamented that women and girls were being raped by their captors.

He added that the villages mostly affected were Kwagana, and Kaffinkoro wards in the Paikoro Local Government Area, Sabo Kabula in Munya LGA and Pandogari ward in Rafi LGA.

The insecurity in the senatorial district, he said, attained alarming proportion in the last few weeks.

He said the bandits by their action, are testing the will and capacities of the Federal and Niger State governments to secure the lives and property of Nigerians.

He, however expressed confidence that the President Bola Tinubu’s administration will deal with the criminals ruthlessly in the coming days.

He said the saddest aspect of the saga was that the victims were being subjected to inhuman treatments with some chained together to prevent their escape from their captors.

The Senator said the gunmen were demanding various sums of money, ranging from N1.5m to N4m from the beleaguered families of their victims, as ransom.

He noted with regret that the criminals, after collecting the huge sums of money still failed to release their captives.

He said, “They are being kept under the rain and sun. We are calling on the Federal Government to immediately take steps to rescue those in the custody of the gunmen so that they can begin to live normal lives especially now that “we are in the rainy season when those kidnapped are supposed to be on their farms doing what they know how best to do to earn a livelihood”.

Musa also tasked the security agencies to live up to their responsibilities by combing the forests to free those detained there, while also appreciating the efforts of our security agencies.

He commiserated with the families of the captives assuring that ” very soon their loved ones will regain their freedom”

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