Matawalle said: “As soon as the boys were kidnapped, we stepped in. We reached out to repentant bandits in the state. Negotiations were made and that was how they were released. The boys were released in Zamfara before they were moved to Katsina.”
The Governor also said the reign of bandits in Northern Nigeria will come to an end if all governors in the region formed an alliance to destroy their (bandits) camps in Zamfara State.
Describing Zamfara as the epicentre of banditry in the north, the governor said while dialogue had worked to some extent, not destroying the bandits camps most especially in Zamfara remained a risk to ending their activities.
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