By Pita Chib, Minna

Alarmed by unfolding events in  Niger State, particularly in Niger East Senatorial District, the Senator representing the Zone, Senator Sani Musa Wednesday disclosed that the situation has raised tension and uncertainties in his mind and the minds of our people more than ever before.

Musa in a statement to newsmen in Minna, said in one week, armed men in their hundreds have unleashed mayhem and terror on innocent citizens in their peaceful villages, forcing them to evacuate their homes into homelessness.

At least two persons have been killed and over 30 persons have been abducted since the latest attacks.

Also, not less than five thousand persons have become refugees from over 15 communities in Niger East, as gunmen continue to rain terror on innocent citizens unabated.

According to the statement, on Thursday, December 10, 2020, "armed men numbering no fewer than fifty were reported to have stormed, at separate times, Garin Gabbas and Yakila communities in Rafi local government, where they abducted the District Head of Gunna, Ibrahim Abdulhameed, a youth leader of the All Progressives Congress and two other persons.

"On the same day, Chukuba and Kuchi communities in Shiroro local government area were attacked by bandits, in which a Christian cleric and a man thought to be a vigilante security personnel were killed, while at least eight persons were kidnapped.

"On Friday, December 11, 2020 gunmen  had attacked villages between Zungeru and Tegina in Rafi Local Government Area  where they abducted unnumbered persons, shooting sporadically into the air for about an hour.Also on Sunday, Ogu and Rafin Doko in Rafi LG came under serious attacks by gunmen, who abducted at least 19 persons from the two communities." 

He said, last one week could be described as hell on earth for the people of Niger East who can no longer sleep both in the day and night for fear of the unknown. They have been rendered helpless even as they continue to starve due to the By  of their property and inability to engage in what they know how to do best - farming.

Enough of the bloodletting and carnage. The lives of innocent citizens cannot continue to be sacrificed on the altar of blood-thirsty vampires who are bent on destroying the peace of our land.

" I urge Buhari to put the security operatives on their toes to ensure they live up to their responsibilities of protecting the lives of the citizens, saying If the security agencies in our country, cannot guarantee the protection of lives and property of the citizens, then Nigeria may be on the precipice of anarchy.