Senate Raises the Alarm over Increasing Wave of Violence

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40a15643 senate floor Senate Raises the Alarm over Increasing Wave of Violence

  • Votes N10bn for security intervention in Zamfara
  • Again, bandits kill 23 in Katsina communities
  • Buhari cuts short Dubai trip over killings

Deji Elumoye, Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja and Francis Sardauna in Katsina

The Senate Wednesday raised the alarm over increasing level of violence across the country, saying government needs to take urgent steps to address the menace.

The upper legislative chamber also resolved to set aside N10 billion in the 2019 budget as intervention fund for tackling the problem of insecurity in Zamfara State and the attendant humanitarian crisis.

But despite the measures being put in place to curb the killings, bandits have again attacked and killed no fewer than 23 people and set ablaze many houses, shops and vehicles in Sabuwa Local Government Area (LGA) and Garin-Magaji village of Batsari LGA of Katsina State, leaving hundreds of residents homeless.

However, the acting Inspector General Police (IG), Mr. Muhammed…



Source: Thisday Newspaper