Hundreds of
residents of Yan Tumaki in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State on
Tuesday took to the streets of the town to protest repeated attacks by bandits
on the community.
The protesters,
comprising grown-up men and children, blamed President Muhammadu Buhari and
Governor Aminu Wasari for the spate of insecurity in the state.
One of the
protesters told SaharaReporters that residents of the area now lived in fear as
security agencies in the state appear helpless.
He said the people
might resort to self-defence, noting that such move may further worsen the
security challenges in the country.
“Is it not shameful
and embarrassing that this ugly security threat is happening daily in the home
state of President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the Chief Security Officer of the
country?
"It’s glaring
both the President and Governor Masari are failure, they have repeatedly failed
us. They have to be alive to their constitutional duties of protecting the
citizens,” he said.
Katsina is one of
the states in the North-West that have suffered from repeated attacks by armed
bandits on communities.
No fewer than 150 people have been reportedly killed by bandits in Kankara, Dutsinma, Musawa, Danmusa and Safana local government areas of the state in the last two months.
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