Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, says his administration will no longer grant amnesty to bandits in the state.
He explained that the decision became necessary since the bandits have failed to embrace the peace initiative earlier extended to them by the state government.
Governor Matawalle stated this on Friday after attending the Jumat prayer at the Dalala Mosque in Gusau, the state capital.
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“They (bandits) sent a powerful committee to plead with us to cease fire and allow supply (of food and other essential commodities) but I refused,” said the governor who spoke in Hausa. “What we are doing to bandits is to send them to God, so they can answer their questions.”
He asked residents to be patient and support the new security measures put in place by the government to flush out bandits and their collaborators, for peace to reign in Zamfara.
According to the governor, bandits who are currently facing the heat of the superior fire of security operatives have sent some persons to inform him that they have repented.
He added that the criminals were ready for a dialogue over the security situation in Zamfara, but it was too late for them to have a rethink.
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