Kebbe LG Distributes Relief Materials To Sokoto Victims Of Banditry

Kebbe local government area of Sokoto State has distributed relief materials to residents displaced by recent bandit attacks and paid the medical bills of the victims receiving treatment.

The beneficiaries are taking refuge in communities across Kebbe and in neighbouring Jega local government area of Kebbi State.

The attacks reportedly led to the loss of lives and the destruction of shops, vehicles and food reserves belonging to residents.

To cushion the hardship faced by displaced residents of Kebbe, Ungushi, Girkau, Umbutu, Asarara, Nasarawa and other communities, Kebbe council distributed emergency relief materials to them.

The LG chairman, Alhaji Musa Garba Kuchi, said the council has so far distributed 290 bags of 50kg garri, 25 bags of groundnut cake (kuli-kuli), and 12 bags of salt to the victims.

He added that the LGA also donated 200 insecticide-treated mosquito nets, 200 rubber mats, 200 plastic kettles, 200 plastic bowls and other essential items to the beneficiaries.

Kuchi added that the LG is currently shouldering the treatment of 10 victims wounded in the attacks at the state-owned Orthopaedic Hospital in Wamakko and other hospitals.

According to him, the local government is also providing all the medications and drugs needed by the patients, who, he said, are responding positively to treatment.

“We are doing everything humanly possible to ensure the success of their treatment, including providing their routine feeding,” he added.

Alhaji Musa Garba Kuchi also commended the governor of Sokoto State, Dr. Ahmed Aliyu, for his swift response to the emergency humanitarian and security needs of the people following the recent bandit attacks in parts of Kebbe local government area.

The assistance is intended to provide immediate support to affected households while they await a lasting solution to the security challenges that forced them from their communities.

The beneficiaries expressed appreciation to the local government council for the relief materials, saying the assistance will ease their hardship.

They called for intensified security measures and prayed for the restoration of peace to enable them to return safely to their communities.