Bago must account for lives lost in Niger State – Mahdi Shehu

Public affairs commentator, Mahdi Shehu has criticised Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago, implicit the question of killings successful the state.

According to him, the politician would 1 time beryllium held accountable for the lives mislaid portion successful office.

Shehu made the remarks successful a station shared connected his X grip connected Sunday, wherever helium listed respective deadly attacks that person deed antithetic communities successful Niger State successful 2026.

Referring to the caller deaths of 37 children during a nutrient organisation workout allegedly supervised by officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Shehu described the incidental arsenic “another bittersweet commentary of recurring calamity successful Niger State.”

He besides recalled different attacks crossed the state, including the reported sidesplitting of 61 civilians and information unit successful Shiroro Local Government Area successful April, much than 30 deaths successful Borgu Local Government Area successful August, and respective different attacks successful Borgu, Shiroro and Rafi section authorities areas.

According to Shehu, the authorities has continued to witnesser deadly attacks astir each week, adding that the incidents were “too galore to beryllium counted.”

He besides cited figures which helium said were based connected information from the European Union Agency for Asylum, EUAA, utilizing ACLED records, claiming that 1,058 radical were killed successful Niger State betwixt January 2024 and December 2025.

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