The Zamfara State Council of Chiefs has said that many innocent villagers have been killed in misdirected air strikes by the military in the ongoing fight against bandits in the state.
The Emir of Bungudu Hassan Attahiru made the known dat the end of an emergency meeting of the council in Gusau.
The Council said that efforts to end banditry in the state would only be achieved if the main camps of the bandits are taken over and security personnel stationed there for a considerable period of time.
On the recent allegation of connivance with bandits by some traditional rulers made by Defence Minister, Mansur Dan’Ali, the council challenged the Minister to name the traditional rulers or withdraw the statement.
The Council maintained that the traditional rulers had always cooperated with government and security agencies in providing information on location, routes and names of persons engaged in such criminal activities.
