The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement in Minna on Monday.
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Mr. Adamu Usman, Commissioner of Police made this information available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna on Wednesday.
Adamu Usman, Commissioner of Police, confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna on Tuesday.
The senator said this on Tuesday following more attacks by bandits in his District.
ASP Wasiu Abiodun, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Minna on Thursday.
Following renewed attacks by armed bandits in over 13 communities in both Shiroro and Rafi local government areas, which left nine persons dead, properties destroyed and many kidnapped, the representative of Niger East Senatorial District, Mohammed Sani Musa, has called on the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency set up a permanent Military Base in Shiroro, Munya and Rafi local government areas to help stem the tide of banditry.
The Defence Headquarters on Tuesday announced that the Air Component of Operation Gama Aiki on April 19 killed several armed bandits at Maguga in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State.
A Pastor, Rev. Genesis Zaka; three female church members; and two gatemen of Kauna Baptist Church, Danazunmi, near Grigori in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have been kidnapped by bandits.
Niger State Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Danjuma Sallau, said on Monday that the State Government was spending about N4.7 billion on reconstruction/rehabilitation of two major federal roads in the state.
The Rafi Local Government Area in Niger has spent about N5 million on the construction of drains in Babban Gonna village.
The Rafi Local Government in Niger says it spent N47 million on construction of 60 motorized boreholes in different parts of the area.