IDPs Return Home In Niger After Security Forces Cleared Area Of Bandits

According to reports, internally displaced persons in parts of Niger state have begun to return home following military deployment in the area.

According to the state administration, the measures were a collaboration between the federal government and the state government as part of a strategy to maintain strong security in the Shiroro local government area, according to Abdulbergy Ebbo, the DG of Public Enlightenment.

Consider the following: Vanguard had previously reported on how bandits attacked the Shiroro LGA, displacing many women and children and killing others, as well as destroying property worth millions of dollars.

“Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Pandogari camp have begun returning back home to Alawa after Nigerian Army forces and other security agents returned to the military station at Alawa village in Shiroro LGA,” Abdulbergy Ebbo said.

Abdulbergy Ebbo noted, “Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at Pandogari camp have started moving back home to Alawa after Forces of the Nigerian Army and other security agents returned to the military station at Alawa village of Shiroro LGA.

“This move was a result of the collaboration between FG and the Niger State Government who, in a new strategy, moved to strengthen the security forces stationed at the fringes of the state to check the encroachment of criminals.”

“After an encounter with the bandits that led to the displacement of the locals who temporarily sought refuge at Pandogari weeks ago, the security forces hitherto stationed at the Alawa axis withdrew to re-strategize and have now been rejigged and deployed to maintain order in the area.”