The lawmaker representing Faskari Constituency at the Katsina State House of Assembly, Alhaji Shehu Dalhatu-Tafoki, has called for the deployment of additional security operatives in the area.
The lawmaker made the call while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Katsina following the recent attack by bandits on some Communities of the Faskari Local Government Area (LGA).
According to Dalhatu-Tafoki, who is also the deputy speaker of the house, the attack caused the death of eight persons and serious injury to many others who are receiving treatment in hospitals.
He therefore called on the security agencies to beef up efforts at safeguarding lives and property in areas that are troubled by armed bandits, particularly his constituency which has been witnessing a series of attacks in the last two weeks.
Dalhatu-Tafoki explained that during plenary, he presented a motion of urgent public importance regarding the killing of and abduction of 17 women in the area.
He also narrated how, last week, armed bandits blocked a traveler along Faskari-Gusau road at Kampanin Mailafiya village where they hacked him to death and burnt him inside his vehicle.
The lawmaker lamented that bandits also attacked Kanin-haki village in an operation that lasted over an hour, leaving seven people dead and seven others with various degrees of injuries.
“The seven injured persons are currently being treated at the General Hospital in Faskari,” Dalhatu-Tafoki said.
The Deputy Speaker also explained how armed bandits attacked Kwakware village where they abducted 17 women, molested many others and vandalized valuable properties.
“Villages in eastern Faskari are worst hit by this spate of attacks, particularly Maigora, Kanin-haki, Yan Nasawara, Nunu and Kwakware.
“A disturbing instance happened at Nunu village, which is quite big and has three polling units, but as I address you today, the village has been completely deserted, all its erstwhile inhabitants are now IDPs in Faskari and some major towns in the area”.
“My prayer to the house is the need to call on security agencies to redouble their efforts at protecting our people against such attacks, particularly in the Southern part of the state where several security operations are ongoing,” he said.
