Nigeria Will Be Shocked When I Reveal Those Behind Schoolgirls’ Abduction – Zamfara Gov

The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle,  Nigerians will be left astounded when he reveals those who have been using banditry to wreak havoc in the state.

The governor said this when he hosted 17 Émirs in the state who paid him a compassionate visit over the abduction of over 300 students when bandits attacked Government Girls’ Secondary School, Jangebe on Friday,

The governor said he had many revelations to make about the attack on Government Girls’ Secondary School and the schoolgirls abduction.

Also during the visit, the Emir of Anka and Chairman of Zamfara state Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Attahiru Anka, flayed the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over the upsurge in killings and kidnappings by bandits in the country.

Recall that gunmen on Friday attacked GGSS Jangede, and abducted over 300 girls, while seven of the girls escaped while they were being taken into the bush.

The attack occurred almost two weeks after bandits abducted 27 students and 15 workers of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State.

In his response, Matawalle thanked the Emirs for the solidarity visit and assured them that he would not abandon his peace accord with the bandits no matter what the people would say.

He said “As we await the arrival of the released kidnapped students of GSSS Jangebe at the Government House today, I want to inform you that there are many revelations in relation to the abduction of these students.”

“Many people will be surprised to hear those people behind the abduction of these innocent children.”

They are not comfortable with the progress I am getting as a result of my peace initiative and they want to do all they can to sabotage my efforts”.

“I will insha Allah succeed at the end of the day and they will bury their faces in shame,” said the governor.

Meanwhile, there was misgiving and confusion over the veracity of purported release of the schoolgirls on Sunday. While top government officials and the state governor said they had been released, an online newspaper, The Cable reported the state Commissioner for Information and Culture, Suleiman Anka, said they had not been released.

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