20 Niger communities raise alarm over invasion by suspected herdsmen

…Beg FG not to withdraw soldiers

By Wole Mosadomi

Minna—Twenty communities in Munyan Local Government Area of Niger State have raised the alarm over the invasion of their areas by suspected herdsmen, whose primary objective is to unleash fresh attacks on them.

The herdsmen were said to have stormed some of the villages two days ago in eight trucks, two days to the evacuation of military personnel that had been on the vigil in the communities since January.

Representatives of the communities, while addressing journalists at the IBB PEN House in Minna, yesterday, called on the Federal Government to rescind its decision to withdraw the soldiers deployed to their communities since January.

In the last few months, some of the villagers have either been been killed, maimed or kidnapped with ransom collected before a few of them were released.

Senator David Umaru…