The Niger State House of Assembly has moved a motion asking the executive arm to equip the non-conventional security agencies with more sophisticated weapons to combat bandits and terrorists.
The lawmakers request came barely two weeks after bandits carried out a failed attempt to abduct the chairman of Tafa Local Government Area, Danladi Itah, from his Sabon Wuse residence.
Honourable Members representing Tafa and Munya state constituencies, Sani Idris and Joseph Duza, respectively, at the plenary, had raised the alarm over the escalation of bandit activities in their local government areas.
