Emirs and other traditional rulers in Zamfara State have been asked to organize a one-week special prayer session to seek the intervention of Almighty God at ending banditry and other criminal activities in the state.
In a press statement issued by the Press Secretary to the governor, Jamilu Illiyasu, Governor Bello Mohammed gave the directive, when he was receiving the state’s Council of Chiefs, led by its Chairman, the Emir of Zamfara, Alhaji Attahiru Muhammad Ahmad.
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They had come to pay him a condolence visit, over the death of the state’s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Mallaha, and elder statesman, Senator Yushau Muhammad Anka.
Governor Mohammed said, his administration is making concerted efforts to bring to an end, the menace of armed banditry, kidnappings, and other criminal activities in the state through the stick and carrot approach. He says, there is a need for constant prayers to seek divine intervention.
The statement quotes him as saying that, “as traditional rulers who are closer to the people, you should have a lot to do to support the government, through a collaborative effort, aimed at securing Zamfara State”.
He therefore directed them to mobilise Imams and Islamic Clerics, to embark on the special prayers.
(Editor Nkoli Omhoudu)
