Niger state governor ABUBAKAR SANI BELLO says no less than 50 communities in the State has been taken over by Boko Haram and bandits.

Governor BELLO disclosed this when he visited an emergency Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in a primary school in Minna, the state capital.

The Governor added that Boko Haram has raised its flag in Kaure village of Shiroro local government area after taking over the community, describing the situation in the state as critical and terrible.