The Federal Government has said that about 330 attacks by bandits and one-thousand-four-hundred-and-sixty deaths were recorded within the last seven months in the country.
The Permanent Secretary, Special Services, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Amina Shamaki, made this known at the opening of Federal and States Security Administrators’ meeting in Birnin Kebbi.
The permanent secretary however said that the attacks have been on the decline.
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She noted that the North West which was one of the most peaceful zones of the country, had in the last few years, witnessed attacks by bandits.
Shamaki said the security situation in the zone remained a source of concern to the security agencies and the general populace.
She, however said between June and July, 2019,
the number of incidents declined, especially in Zamfara State, that had been
the epicentre of armed banditry.
