The situation in the area degenerated recently with the abduction of 52 passengers travelling in mass transit buses.
The travellers regained freedom last week, followed by the abduction of students of Government Science Secondary School, Kagaraand some staff of the school.
Over 2,000 children orphaned
Data exclusively obtained by
Daily Trust from the districts under the Kagara Emirate Council indicate that the children were rendered orphans during incessant attacks by armed bandits over the past nine years.
Mallam Salmanu, ‘We have been living in fear over the years’
While some of the orphans are currently taking refuge at internally displaced persons camps (IDPs) in Kagara, Pandogari and other towns, some are in orphanage homes, while others are living with their relatives in different parts of the affected local government area, our reporter gathered.