Governor Dikko Radda has revealed that the overwhelming majority of bandits wreaking havoc across Katsina State are not foreigners, but people known within local communities.
Speaking Tuesday on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Radda said “90-something percent” of the perpetrators are homegrown, with many of them well-known to residents in affected areas. “We know their fathers, their grandfathers — they are living with us,” he said.
The governor’s statement challenges a commonly held perception that armed groups causing insecurity in northern Nigeria are primarily external invaders.
Radda emphasized that the worsening insecurity continues to hinder meaningful development across the state.
