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Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara says repentant bandits played a vital role in the release of about 300 Jangebe schoolgirls recently abducted by bandits in the state.
The governor said on Wednesday that the repentant bandits joined the military to go rescue the kidnapped girls.
He said the repentant bandits held talks with their unrepentant counterparts and were able to secure the release of the students and returned the girls to the waiting security operatives.
Matawalle spoke while featuring on Channels Television’s
Politics Today.
“Zamfara has a very vast area and we have borders with different states like Niger, Kebbi, Kaduna, Sokoto, and Katsina. When it (the abduction) happened, I spoke with the security agents and they went together with the repentant bandits to the place where these guys (abductors) promised to bring the children.
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Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has said that communities in the state fight bandits who terrorise the people.
He stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s
Politics Today.
“In Nasarawa, what we do is that the moment we see the bandits coming in, we alert our people. These people are coming to your side and the information is there. The communities rise up to the occasion and also the communities fight them,” he said.
Governor Sule blamed the banditry activities in Zamfara State on illegal mining being carried out in the state, adding that those stoking problems in the north-western were interested in illegal mining.