The Niger State Government has ordered people living in hamlets around Kainji Lake to vacate the area within two months to be resettled by the Emirate Council.
Spokesperson of Gov. Muhammad Bago, Bologi Ibrahim announced this on Wednesday, adding that Bago gave the order when he paid a condolence visit to the Emir of Borgu, Alhaji Muhammad-Haliru Dantoro, Kitoro IV, at his palace in New Bussa.
The Governor told the Emir that he came to commiserate with him and the entire people of the Emirate over the recent terrorist attack that claimed so many lives. 
The governor said the resettlement of the people had become necessary to avoid collateral damage as his administration, in collaboration with the Federal Government, was determined to clear the forest.
He said this was with a view to flushing out criminals who were using Kainji Lake as their camp, and as such, making the land very uninhabitable for the people around the area.
Bago decried the influx of people into the Emirates without profiling, adding that it had become a security concern even as the activities of informants had thwarted security efforts in the Emirate.
Bago therefore urged the Emirate Council to join forces with security agencies and government at all levels to combat any form of insecurity in the Emirate.
In the same vein, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Dr Aliyu Abdullahi, said “it will be a welcome development if some concrete actions are taken to get the people relocated while the forest is taken back and deployed for further community use.”
The Emir pledged to work closely with relevant authorities to identify and prosecute informants in the Emirate, adding that no stone would be left un-turned in securing the lives and property of his people and the area.
