Zamfara State Governor Bello Mohammed has said that his administration will no longer grant amnesty to bandits as they have failed to embrace the peace initiative earlier extended to them by his government.
The governor said this, during a Juma’a prayer at Dalala Mosque in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital.
He asked the residents to be patient and support the new security measures being put in place to flush out the bandits and their collaborators, for peace to reign in the state.
Governor Mohammed disclosed that the bandits who are currently facing the heat of the fire of security agencies have sent some persons to inform him that they have repented, and they want to sit at the dialogue table to resolve the security situation.
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The Governor said, security agencies are recording successes, in the ongoing onslaught against the criminals in the state.
He also hinted that some of the bandits are running out of Zamfara to other states, as a result of the suffering imposed by the new security measures, introduced by the state government to cut off food, petrol supply and other essential commodities to them in the bush.
The Governor challenged politicians to fear God and avoid buying motorcycles to distribute to people who sell to bandits and who in turn, use them to perpetrate evil.
Editor Paul Akhagbemhe
