The Chairman of Shiroro Local Government Area in Niger State, Suleiman Chukumba has disclosed that Boko Haram ordered residents to marry off their daughters at the age of 12.
The insurgents insist they do not recognise any constituted authority and do not also want to see the conventional primary and secondary schools in the environment.
The Local Government Chairman is reported to have said that the terrorists have dominated over 500 communities in the Shiroro area and are trying to equip the people to fight the government.
The Co-Convener of Concerned Shiroro Youths, Bello Ibrahim told Daily Trust that, “at a time, they were in Kawure, the village of the former Senator representing Niger East, David Unadu.
“But there was an operation to dislodge them by the joint military task force.
“Fortunately they were dispatched but after a while, since the military base is not stationed there, they reconvened.
“So now, they are not only in Kawure, they have also extended their tentacles to communities like Kuregbe, Awulo, and a host of other communities.
“In Awulo and Kuregbe Communities, they assembled the locals, both Muslims and Christians, and gave them matching orders that any girl that is 12 years old should be married off.
“There is not form of law in the area, aside Boko Haram’s… If locals have any feud, either family issue or a community problem, they report to them for resolution.
“No case should be reported to the police or court or any constituted authority for resolution.
Another resident said the criminals operate freely, adding that, “they are operating freely and mingling freely with villagers.
“They have become the constituted authority in those villages. And Kaure, Awulo and Kuregbe are their operational grounds. They coerce locals to obey them as their constituted authority.
“In the entire Chukuba and Kuregbe ward, it is Boko Haram elements that are operating there not bandits that we know.”
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