Hundreds of angry people have protested and burned tyres on the streets of Katsina over repeated bandit attacks on the state.
Residents of Yan Tunaki in Danmusa local government area of Katsina state took to the streets on Tuesday.
A mixed crowd of men, women and children blamed Governor Aminu Masari and President Muhammadu Buhari for their plight as they thronged the streets.
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According to some of the residents, they now live in fear of bandits as security agencies in the state appear helpless.
They said they might resolve to arming and defending themselves if the government refuses to defend them.
“Is it not shameful and embarrassing that this ugly security threat is happening daily in the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the Chief Security Officer of the country?
It’s glaring both the President and Governor Masari are failure, they have repeatedly failed us. They have to be alive to their constitutional duties of protecting the citizens,” one of the protesters said.
Katsina has suffered repeatedly from armed banditry despite a ‘peace accord’ in place with the state government.
About 150 people have reportedly lost their lives to bandits in Kankara, Dutsinma, Musawa, Danmusa and Safana local government areas in the last two months.
