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Niger State Governor and Chairman North Central Governors Forum, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has received with great shock the news of the death of Emir of Kagara, Alhaji Salihu Tanko.
The governor in a statement made available to journalists on Tuesday in Minna described the death of the Emir as collosal loss to the state in general and the Kagara Emirate in particular.
He said: “We have lost a First Class Emir, a member of the State Council of Traditional Rulers, an Octogenarian and an Elder Statesman whose wise counsel has been of immense value to this administration and those before it in the state.”
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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.
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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.