The lawmaker representing Niger East Senatorial District, Muhammad Sani Musa, has condemned the killing of 40 soldiers and other security operatives in Ajata Aboki mining site in Shiroro local government area of Niger state on Wednesday.
Sani Musa also called on the government to rise to the security challenges facing this country, adding that the development had “deprived our people their right to peaceful and purposeful living.”
This was contained in a statement in Minna on Friday in which he expressed shock and sadness at the report of the cold blooded murder of 30 of “our security men and some locals by dare devil blood-thirsty terrorists.”
“This cold blooded murder of innocent Nigerians is totally condemnable and should be condemned by all peace loving members of our society. This latest incident has further put families and loved ones of our security personnel in trauma and untold hardship which they do not deserve,” the statement partly read.
He lamented that farmers from three local government areas of Shiroro, Munya and Rafi in his constituency could no longer go to cultivate farm lands due to the activities of terrorists.
“It is very sad that now that the farming season has commenced many farmers in my constituency have not been able to go to their farms as a result of the activities of bandits and terrorists.
“Many of my people, especially those in Shiroro, Munya, and Rafi local government areas, are now refugees at internally displaced Persons’ camps or hibernating with relatives in Minna and other safe environments.”
He commiserated with families of the slain security personnel and the locals and prayed to the Almighty Allah to grant them aljana fidausi.
