Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello disclosed saying Boko Haram terrorists on Monday hoisted their flag in Kaure village in the Shiroro Local Government Area of the state.
The governor said the insurgents also forcibly took the wives of some of the villagers for themselves.
Bello disclosed the unfortunate news in Minna when he visited the Internally Displaced Persons’ camp at IBB Primary School near the Emir of Minna’s Palace.
Bello thinks the terrorists were trying to turn Niger into another Borno State, which has been their base for some time.
He was quoted saying, “Sambisa is several kilometres from Abuja but Kaure is just 2 kilometres from Abuja. Nobody is safe anymore, not even those in Abuja. This is the time to act. All hands must be on deck, it is not a fight for Niger state alone,”.
The governor however vowed to take immediate action and would no longer wait for anybody.