A lawmaker has sent shock waves among his colleagues at the Nigeria Senate when he revealed that the Nigerian military was no longer capable of protecting Sokoto residents from bandits.

Senator Ibrahim Gobir, an All Progressives Congress [APC] member representing the Sokoto East Senatorial District, said this on Tuesday when he seconded the motion moved by the Deputy Chief Whip, Sabi Abdullahi, on the order given by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, (retd.) to the Nigerian soldiers.

Buhari had asked the soldiers to flush out bandits from Zamfara State.

The Senator said his people now rely on the soldiers from the Niger Republic to ward off the attacks of bandits whenever the hoodlums, strike.

He said,

“There is no protection for my people in the Sokoto East Senatorial District because of the incessant attacks of the bandits.

“At least 300 people have either been killed or kidnapped in the last three months while over 5,780
cows valued at N2.5bn had been stolen.

“We are even appealing to the Federal Government through the Senate for reparation.

” We now rely on the Nigerien Army that is helping us since our Nigerian soldiers have abandoned us.

“When we call the Nigerian Army whose personnel are in a few kilometres away, we won’t get instant response but the Nigerien soldiers, who are in about five kilometers away, will quickly move in and ward off the intruders.”

“At the moment, the Nigerians in Sokoto East are relocating to Niger Republic because they are no longer save in Nigeria.

The Senate accordingly commended Buhari for ordering the military to flush out bandits from Katsina State but that the scope of the order should cover Zamfara, Kaduna, Niger, Sokoto and other states under bandits attacks.