Why banditry will not end soon in Zamfara – Gov Matawalle
The governor of Zanfara state Governor Bello Matawalle has
revealed that banditry will not end anytime soon in the state and he also explained
why.
He made this
statement while speaking to state house correspondents after a meeting with
President Buhari in Abuja the nation's capital. Here is what the governor said:
“I don’t think this issue of banditry will end very soon because
already, some people are behind it.
Some people
are using it and all they need is at least to show Nigerians that both the
Federal and Zamfara state governments are not serious about the issue of
insecurity, even though some of them are involved in the crisis of this
insecurity. But we’re doing our best.”
Governor Matawalle noted that despite the
efforts of these individuals, the residents of the state would begin to witness
significant improvement in the security situation.
According to the governor, the President is
wadding through some strategies that will be manifest in the next 48 hours to
provide relief to the people.
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The governor also blamed some persons he
referred to as political bandits since their work is to promote false reports
on the number of affected persons in the recent attacks on some communities.
The governor also used the opportunity to debunk the claims that up to 200
persons were killed in Bukuyyum and Anka Local Government Areas of Zamfara.
“I have already cleared the
air about the figures because I have seen some reporting that 200 people, 300
people, 500 people were killed,” he said. “I went to the community myself and
with the [heads of] security agencies.
First, we went to Bungudu and we confirmed from the emir that it
was only 36 people that have been killed and two communities were razed by
these bandits, and when we went to Anka.
We met the
emir, and he gave us a list of 22 people that have been killed, making a total
number of 58 people killed. But as I’ve been saying, some political bandits
have been spreading lies, rumors so that they can achieve some political gain.”
Gov Matawalle
