
Over three thousand Internally Displaced Peaple IDPs were displaced by the bandits from their homes and forced to seek for shelter in Mahuta and nearby villages of the Local Government Areas.
Kebbi State Government distributed relief materials to victims of banditry attacks in Fakai and Sakaba Local Government Areas of the State.
The Deputy Governor of Kebbi State Umar Tafida said the State Government was worried over the recurrent banditry attacks in the area resulting in the loss of precious lives, destruction of properties as well as the negative toll on farming activities.
He reassured the people of the area of the full determination of the State Government to restore peace in the affected areas by taking proactive security measures to safeguard lives and properties of the people.
Tafida added that the State Government would not relent in its efforts in providing relief assistance to the IDPs .
He warned that government would not take it lightly with informants or anybody caught conniving with the bandits to kidnap or kill innocent people.
On the request by the Chief of Fakai Muhammadu Hudu Dan Malam for the State Government to repair the dam supplying the area with water.
Responding, the Chief of Fakai Chiefdom, Muhammadu Dan Malam, He expressed immense gratitude to the Kebbi State Government for its concern to the people of Fakai particularly in their period of distress.
The monarch told the deputy governor that the bandits had displaced many communities and had distrupted farming activities in the area.
Presentation of the relief assistance to the IDPs was flagged off by the kebbi statqe Governor Umar Tafida, assisted by the secretary to the state government, Yakubu Bala.
End…Bashar
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