***Commiserates with families of victims of Kaduna Bombing
Senator representing Niger East Senatorial District,
Mohammed Sani Musa has lauded the Military over the ongoing successful operations in parts of the Niger state especially his constituency.
This was coming as communities across Shiroro and Munya local government areas of Niger state have been celebrating the elimination of Bandits notorious ring leaders, Yellow Jambros in an airstrike along with 50 others on Wednesday last week.
The Senator who was reacting to the killing of the most wanted leader of kidnap gang, Jambros whose activities along with others have made lives miserable for the people of his constituency in the last ten years, described the elimination of scores of the Bandits, including Jambros as a welcome development.
Senate Musa who is also chairman senate committee on finance, in a statement in Sunday said that reports reaching him from his constituency and other parts of the state indicated that the heat is on the Bandits and other insurgents operating in the state following the ongoing Military onslaught against them, adding that “my people are beginning to heave a sigh of relief after years of massacre, kidnapping and wanton destruction of properties.
“We cried to the President, Ahmed Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian Military and they have heeded and responded to the cries of my people. We commended them for the successes so far recorded. “We urged the Military and other security agencies operating in the area not to relent until we see end to this ugly development.
“I was reliably informed that the Minna-Sarkin pawa-Kaduna link road which was abandoned by commuters for over ten years now as a result of Bandits activities in the area is now open and free for motorists. This is a great success and it is highly commendable.
“As Oliver Twist, we urged the Military and other security agencies in the area to setup the campaign against the Bandits and other insurgents in the area. I urged them not relent until the war is won and peace restored to the poor farming communities in my constituency and the state at large”.
It could be recalled that the Bandits ringleader and over 50 members of his gang met their waterloo on Wednesday morning when they were trying to escape the onslaught by the men of the joint security taskforce led by the military in Communities around Shiroro and Munya local government areas of the state.
It was gathered from a source close to these communities that the Bandits numbering well over 300 and fleeing from the Military operations in Kaduna and parts of Niger state were said to have hijacked a wooden boat and asked the driver to cross the river with them at gun point.
The air component of the Operation Whirl Punch was said to have sighted the Bandits while trying to cross the river Kusasu in Shiroro local government and bombed them, killing over 50, including Jambros while scores were injured.
According to our source, the driver of the boat and his boat assistant were however lucky as they escaped unhurt but it was learnt that remaining Bandits who were waiting for the boat driver to make a return journey to ferry them across the river however took to their hills after their comrades in crime were bombed.
Before he met his death on Wednesday, the kidnap ringleader, Yellow Jambros, was known for orchestrating multiple kidnappings and killings across the state, including Kaduna, Katsina, and Zamfara..
Meanwhile the senator has commiserated with the entire people of Kaduna state and families of the victims of the last week airstrike that killed over one hundred people in Tudun Biri village in the state, describing the incident as very sad and unfortunate.
Senator Sani Musa said the incident is highly regrettable especially when the victims were observing the annual religious festival, pointing out however that “what Allah has destined no one can change it”
He therefore asked the families and the entire people of Tudun Biri community to bear the loss and take the incident as “the will of Allah who sees the end from the beginning. I therefore pray Allah to grant them internal rest”, he added