Tinubu orders nationwide security dragnet after Niger attacks, as death toll rises

Tinubu orders

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered an intensified manhunt for terrorists responsible for the deadly attacks on communities in Niger State, as fresh details emerged on the scale of killings, abductions and destruction across the Agwara and Borgu local government areas. The directive followed the attack on Kasuwan-Daji and surrounding villages, where more than 30 people were killed and dozens abducted, including schoolchildren, in coordinated raids by armed bandits suspected to have emerged from forest enclaves in the area. In an issued statement yesterday, President Tinubu said he had instructed…

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