The Niger State Commissioner of Police, Adamu Usman says the Sarkin Pawa forest in Munya local government is believed to have been occupied by bandits, but discovered no operational camps in the area. The Commissioner, who toured the area, accompanied by thecommander, 31 Artillery Brigade Minna, Commander Air Force Base Minna,Brigadier General Gideon Ajetonmobi, State Director, DSS and state CommandantNSCDC, said the visit to the forest was to enable security agencies map out newstrategies to flush out the bandits from the state. The Police chief while, speaking with journalists at one ofthe hot spots in the forest, said the bandits are operating in the axisand have come to ensure that the routes are blocked. According to Usman, the bandits do not have operationalcamps in Niger State, they rush in from Kaduna area of the forest to attackborder communities, mostly village settlements in Niger state and run backbefore the men get them. He added that they have discovered that the banditsconverge in Gidani village in Kaduna area of the forest located about 30kilometers away from Niger state, from where they launch attacks on theseborder communities.