Professor Magaji Garba, the Vice-Chancellor, Federal University (FUGUS) Gusau, in Zamfara State, has revealed that armed bandits operating in the northwest geopolitical zone of the country have killed over 30,000 and rendered more than 3million people homeless.
The VC disclosed this during the 1st National Conference on armed banditry and national security in Nigeria held, Tuesday in Gusau the state capital.
According to him, statistics have indicated how banditry and terror attacks affected the entire north in particular and country in general.
The national conference, which was organized by Department of Political science Federal University Gusau, had the theme “Armed Banditry and National Security in Nigeria, Issues, Perspective and the Way Forward”.