Niger state Governor, Umaru Mohammed Bago, has vowed to take over the Kanji Lake forest and burn it down to smoke out the terrorists who have taken habitation in it
He also gave people living in hamlets around the Kainji Lake two months to resettle so that they would not be affected when the government went after the terrorists.
The governor stated this when he paid a condolence visit to the Emir of Borgu, Alh. Muhammad Haliru Dantoro Kitoro IV, at his palace in New Bussa, to sympathise with him and the entire people of the Emirate over the recent terrorist attacks.
“We will take over the forest, burn it down, we will smoke them out and take over it until it becomes very habitable”, he vowed.
Bago said the resettlement of the people has become necessary to avoid collateral damage, as his administration, in collaboration with the federal government, is determined to clear the forest, flush out criminals who are using Kainji Lake as their camp, and make the land very habitable for people.
He decried the influx of people into the Emirates without being profiled, noting that it has become a security concern even as the activities of informants have affected security efforts in the Emirate.
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