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Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n

Amid spate of killing and bandit attacks on communities in the northwest region of\u00a0Nigeria<\/a>, Senator Shehu Sani has called for protection for traditional rulers.<\/p>\n

Sani, a former lawmaker who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th Senate, said this while reacting to recent attacks in Kaduna,\u00a0Zamfara<\/a>\u00a0and Borno which left many people dead and properties ruined.<\/p>\n

Speaking via a tweet on his official Twitter handle on Saturday, August 1, the outspoken former lawmaker lamented the rise in attacks and posited that traditional rulers have also become targets just like their subjects.<\/p>\n

He said most often, the local rulers are kidnapped and killed by terrorists and bandits invading their vulnerable communities.<\/p>\n

The former lawmaker’s revelation is coming barely a months after two local rulers: Malam Dikko Usman of the Mazoji and Sarkin Fulani Fafu village and Abubakar Atiku Maidabino of Yantumaki village in Danmusa Local government area of Katsina\u00a0were killed by suspected bandits<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sani said local chiefs must be put into consideration in the protection strategy of the federal and state governments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Sani, a former lawmaker who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th Senate, said this while reacting to recent attacks in Kaduna,\u00a0Zamfara\u00a0and Borno which left many people dead and properties […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":15558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[195],"class_list":["post-28144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-shehu-sani"],"yoast_head":"\nInsecurity: Shehu Sani says bandits now kidnap, kill local leaders - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Amid spate of killing and bandit attacks on communities in the northwest region of\u00a0Nigeria, Senator Shehu Sani has called for\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/insecurity-shehu-sani-says-bandits-now-kidnap-kill-local-leaders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Insecurity: Shehu Sani says bandits now kidnap, kill local leaders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Amid spate of killing and bandit attacks on communities in the northwest region of\u00a0Nigeria, Senator Shehu Sani has called for\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/insecurity-shehu-sani-says-bandits-now-kidnap-kill-local-leaders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-01T17:40:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/09\/shehu-1-sani.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/insecurity-shehu-sani-says-bandits-now-kidnap-kill-local-leaders#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/insecurity-shehu-sani-says-bandits-now-kidnap-kill-local-leaders\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Insecurity: Shehu Sani says bandits now kidnap, kill local leaders\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-01T17:40:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/insecurity-shehu-sani-says-bandits-now-kidnap-kill-local-leaders\"},\"wordCount\":185,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/insecurity-shehu-sani-says-bandits-now-kidnap-kill-local-leaders#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/09\/shehu-1-sani.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Shehu sani\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/insecurity-shehu-sani-says-bandits-now-kidnap-kill-local-leaders#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/insecurity-shehu-sani-says-bandits-now-kidnap-kill-local-leaders\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/insecurity-shehu-sani-says-bandits-now-kidnap-kill-local-leaders\",\"name\":\"Insecurity: Shehu Sani says bandits now kidnap, kill local leaders - 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