{"id":20994,"date":"2020-06-12T13:49:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T13:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=20994"},"modified":"2020-06-12T13:49:49","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T13:49:49","slug":"borno-katsina-killings-disturbing-reps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=20994","title":{"rendered":"Borno, Katsina killings disturbing \u2014Reps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The House of Representatives on Thursday decried the continued killing of innocent people by Boko Haram<\/a> terrorists and bandits in the North-East and North-West parts of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chairman of the House Committee on Defence, Babajimi Benson, in a statement issued in Abuja, charged the military to take decisive action against the criminals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He described the violent attacks on harmless residents as disturbing and unacceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suspected Boko Haram fighters had on Tuesday attacked the Foduma Kolomaiya community in Gubio local government area of Borno State and killed more than 50 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also gunmen suspected to be bandits raided some communities in Faskari local government area of Katsina State and killed an unspecified number of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angered by the continued killing of innocent people by the bandits and other criminal elements, some people staged a rally in Katsina on Tuesday and destroyed posters and billboards displaying images of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benson, who extended his sympathy to the governments and the entire people of the two states, said the death of any individual in Nigeria<\/a>, especially from insecurity, should be a source of concern to all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is disheartening that at a time the military was making gains in the fight against insurgents and bandits, the criminals could strike in these communities and kill that large number of people,\u201d the lawmaker lamented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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