The Federal Government warned some traditional rulers and highly placed individuals in Zamfara state against colluding with bandits in the state to perpetuate nefarious activities.
The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, in a statement issued by his spokesman Colonel Tukur Gusau, said fresh intelligence had exposed the complicity of some “highly-placed traditional rulers” in the ongoing killings of Nigerians across the northern parts of the country.
He also accused those individuals as helping the bandits with intelligence to perpetuate their activities, as well as frustrating security agencies’ efforts to address the challenge.
Dan-Ali further warned that any person or group of persons who choose to sympathise with the bandits, to retract their steps or face the full wrath of the law.
Gusau called on the people of the affected states to cooperate with the security agencies by giving useful information.
