Abdullahi Wuse, speaker of Niger assembly, says there’s a
need to “go spiritual” over the activities of bandits in the state.
The speaker made the comment when he led his colleagues to
the government house over the recent abductions of schoolchildren and staff of
Government Science College (GCS), Kagara, as well as passengers of the state
transport authority.
Condemning the abductions, Wuse explained that there is a
need for the state to embrace prayers.
“We need to go spiritual. We need to pray for the state, we
need prayers so that God will see us through,” he said on Saturday.
The speaker also said the assembly will amend its laws, such
that there will be harsher punishment for informants of bandits.
“We have decided that by next plenary, we will amend the law
to give informants to criminals stiffer punishment,” he said.
The speaker advised the government to meet with traditional
rulers and impress upon them the need to be wary of strangers’ movements in
their communities.
Commenting, Abubakar Sani-Bello, Niger governor, said he is
open to the review of the law to provide punishment for people who provide
information to bandits.
“Going forward, we have to put in place necessary measures
to know the root cause of the security challenges in the state and how to
address it,” he said.
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