The parents of the released abducted students of the Government Science Secondary School Kankara, Katsina State have been congratulated by the Zamfara State Governor, Bello Mohammed.
He also regrets statements credited to the All Progressive Congress, APC, on the role of Zamfara State in the fight against banditry in the North-West.
Governor Mohammed in a press statement issued by his Special Adviser on Public Enlightenment, Media and Communication, Zailani Bappa said, he has dedicated the whole of his precious time and efforts in the last 100 hours to ensure the release of the innocent children.
The statement said, he was taken aback, when immediately after the release, a statement in the media credited to the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, accused him of harbouring bandits who terrorised the North-west.
This is incidentally a similar statement credited to the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, some time ago, when in a similar effort, Governor Matawalle rescued 26 innocent girls, abducted by bandits in Faskari Local Government Area of the same Katsina State.
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It says, although Governor Bello Mohammed has resisted the temptation to join issues with anyone on those developments, the unfounded accusations are becoming too many, hence the need to correct the jaundiced perception and straighten the records once and for all.
It says that Zamfara State, under the APC, was the worst hit by banditry in the Northwest, until the coming of Governor Bello Mohammed.
The statement further said, his administration’s peace initiatives, which is in tandem with proven records in history across the globe, as a viable and necessary option to ending guerilla warfare and similar menace of its kind, is hated and rejected by those who fail, or lack the capacity to implement it with honesty, resilience and tact.
It says that Zamfara State is more peaceful than most of its neighbours, because Governor Bello Mohammed has been honest in the approach, a path which could have been the final solution to the problem the region is facing.
Editor: Ena Agbanoma
