Nigeria, May 22 -- A Nigerian senator, Victor Umeh, has accused Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, of abandoning citizens in his state amidst insecurity.

Mr Umeh (Anambra, APGA), while contributing to a motion on killings in Rivers State, said the governor has fled the North West state to live in Abuja due to insecurity.

He was contributing to a motion moved by Andrew Uchendu (Rivers, PDP) on recent killings in Rivers State.

Mr Uchendu said killings in the state had taken a new dimension as killers no longer only take lives but dismember and burn their victims.

He gave the recent experience of May 19 in Isiodu Community in Emohua Local Government where gunmen invaded the community, killed three men and burnt their bodies.

He bem...