The Nigerian Air Force NAF says it is offering free medical services to 3,000 victims of banditry from Kanoma Community in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara state.
NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, made this known in a statement in Abuja.
Daramola said the humanitarian initiative was in furtherance of the directive by the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, for the NAF Medical Services Branch to provide immediate medical assistance to residents of Kanoma and adjoining communities in Maru Local Government.
He said the Secretary to Zamfara Government, Bala Moru, who represented Governor Bello Matawale, thanked NAF for the kind gesture in assuaging the plight of the people.
Matawale said that the Zamfara Government was happy with the initiative.
Daramola quoted Matawale as saying that as part of ongoing negotiation with the bandits, more than 200 persons in the hands of the bandits had been released.
