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*Since the killing of Fulani leader in 2013, Fulani launched aggression against Housa
*In 8 yrs Bandits have collected N970m as ransom, killed 2,619, displaced 100,000, kidnapped 1,190, rustled 14,378 animals
*Now there are 100 camps with no fewer than 300 bandits in each camp with sophisticated weapons
By Ibrahim Hassan Wuyo
Records from Zamfara state show that more than 100,000 people were displaced from their ancestral homes while 2,619 people were killed by bandits between 2011 and 2019 in the state,
the commissioner of information in Zamfara state, Hon Ibrahim Magaji Dosara has said.
“This is in addition to the One Thousand One hundred and Ninety people kidnapped by the bandits,” he added.
Speaking at a press conference in Kaduna on Friday, Dosara said
the records also showed that the sum of 970,000,000 Million Naira was paid as ransom while Fourteen Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy Eight animals were rustled within the period.
He however explained that with the coming of Governor Bello Matawalle Maradun, drastic measures were put in place to control the situation, saying that the peace and reconciliation process undertaken by the government has yielded positive result.
According to him, “ the Government of His Excellency Hon. Bello Mohammed,MON Matawallen Maradun clocks 2-years in office as the Executive Governor of Zamfara State, come 29th May, 2021. I am pleased to inform you that since the day His Excellency took over the mantle of leadership of Zamfara state, Governor Matawalle has been up and doing to move Zamfara and its people forward.”
“The greatest challenge being faced by the administration of Governor Bello Matawalle was the lingering security problems inherited from the immediate past government of His predecessor Governor Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar.”
“Before the coming of the present administration of His Excellency Dr Bello Mohammed Matawallen Maradun , Zamfara people were in devastating state of dilemma and fear of the unknown due to rural banditry. Rampant killings, maiming, kidnapping, raping, vandalism and attacks became the order of the day.”
He said the genesis of the conflict in Zamfara began with the killing of the most popular and highly respected Fulani leader in all the neighbouring states of Zamfara, Sokoto, and Kebbi, one Alhaji Ishe, of Chilin village in Kuyambana district of Dansadau Emirate in Maru Local Government Area of the state on the 11th of April 2013.
“ Since then, Fulani…
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