NO fewer than 10 out of 34 Local Government Areas in the State are under daily attacks by bandits, according to Governor Bello Masari.
Masari identified the 10 affected councils as Jibia, Batsari, Sabuwa, Faskari, Kankara, Kurfi, Danmusa, Safana, Dutsin-ma and Danja.
The governor made the disclosure yesterday when the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, paid him a courtesy call at the Government House in Katsina as part of his operational tour of military establishments in the state.
Masari, therefore, urged the Nigerian Army to put in more efforts in seeing to the end of banditry in the state.
He told the Army boss that although security situation had begun to improve in the state, bandits still carried out attacks in the councils, giving him and others sleepless nights.
The governor said, “Ten out of 34 local governments in Katsina State are under severe bandits’ attacks daily. So, with that in mind, there is no way we can sleep. Our phones are permanently on to hear what is happening in local governments.
“Before breakfast, I am briefed about what happened last night. So, General, we are not in a very comfortable situation, but we thank God.”
