Not All Bandits Are Criminals – Zamfara Gov

• Matawalle has repeatedly urged the federal government to grant amnesty to repentant bandits

Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has said that not all bandits who terrorise parts of the state and other neighbouring states are criminals.

The governor stated this on Thursday after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

He explained that most of the bandits take up arms due to the injustice meted on them by some members of the society.

Hundreds of persons have been killed or kidnapped by the bandits in Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto, Niger, Kaduna and Nasarawa States in recent years.

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Matawalle has repeatedly urged the federal government to grant amnesty to repentant bandits.

Explaining the reasons behind attacks, he said those saddled with the responsibility of protecting the community sometimes rustle their cattle and destroy their livelihood.

He said since they have nobody to speak to, they resort to violence.

“Not all of them are criminals. If you investigate what is happening, and what made them to take the laws into their hands, some of them, sometimes were cheated by so-called the vigilante group.

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