Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, has urged security agencies to go after the marauding bandits who have been terrorizing villages in Tsanyawa and Shanono Local Government Areas of Kano State.
Reacting to a bandit attack in Yankamaye village, Tsanyawa LGA, on Saturday night, Senator Barau appealed to security agencies to intensify their efforts and take the fight to the criminal elements, who reportedly come from neighbouring states.
The Deputy Senate President, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir, said the incursions of criminal elements into the two Local Government Areas must stop immediately.
“I have received the distressing report of the killing of a woman and the kidnapping of three persons in Yankamaye village, Tsanyawa Local Government Area of Kano State, by marauding bandits from neighbouring states on Saturday night, when the villagers had retired to bed.
“This incident occurred just a few days after a similar attack in Biresawa village, also in Tsanyawa Local Government Area.
“I, therefore, call on our security agencies, who have engaged the criminals on many occasions in the axis, to double their efforts to rescue these innocent persons and tackle the perpetrators. They should take the fight to them.
“We will not allow these marauding criminals, fleeing from neighbouring states following military operations, to destabilize our communities.
“This incursion into the area must stop forthwith. The security of our people’s lives and properties is paramount. No stone will be left unturned in achieving this,” he said.
