{"id":88853,"date":"2021-10-02T17:53:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T16:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=88853"},"modified":"2021-10-02T17:53:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T16:53:17","slug":"lga-chairman-boko-haram-has-taken-over-500-communities-in-niger-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/02\/lga-chairman-boko-haram-has-taken-over-500-communities-in-niger-state\/","title":{"rendered":"LGA chairman: Boko Haram has taken over 500 communities in Niger state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman of Shiroro LGA in Niger state, Suleiman Chukuba has disclosed that more than 500 communities in his LGA have been taken over by Boko Haram insurgents.<\/p>\n<p>This disclosure was made by the council chairman while addressing journalists on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chukuba said not less than 8 wards in the LGA are now under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/27\/boko-haram-attacks-yobe-town-engages-troops-in-fierce-gun-battle\/\">Boko Haram<\/a> siege.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He said the affected areas are Manta, Gurmana, Bassa-Kokki, Allawa, Kurebe, Kushaka, Kwati, Chukuba and Galadima Kogo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThey incorporate the people of those communities by telling them they have arms and money to give them so they can assist them in fighting the government,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cShiroro local government has an uncountable number of Boko Haram fighters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI have the proof being that I am the executive chairman, the chief security officer of the local government. When they go to the various communities, what they tell them is that \u2018We don\u2019t want primary, secondary schools. We only want Islamiyya schools.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The council chairman called on the federal government to deploy more security operatives to the area to fight the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/23\/army-reacts-to-allegations-of-pampering-ex-insurgents\/\">insurgents<\/a> who have made Shiroro their home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Boko Haram insurgents, in the last decade, have terrorised the north-eastern part of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There has been a sustained military offensive against the insurgents in the north-east, and some of them are said to have been running to other parts in the north.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Governor of Niger state, Abubakar Bello in April had stated that Boko Haram members hoisted their flag in Kaure, Shiroro LGA.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The governor had confirmed the presence of the insurgents when he visited over 3,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Shiroro and Munya LGAs who were taking refuge in Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) Primary School, Minna.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The governor, who decried the security challenges in the state, also expressed concern over \u201chow wives of the locals have been taken over\u201d by the insurgents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI am confirming that there are Boko Haram elements in Niger state, around Kaure,\u201d Bello had said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman of Shiroro LGA in Niger state, Suleiman Chukuba has disclosed that more than 500 communities in his LGA have been taken over by Boko Haram insurgents. 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