Zamfara: Repentant Bandits Surrender 216 Rifles - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 1, 2019
A total of 216 riflesmostly AK47 have been recovered by Zamfara state Government from banditsterrorizing innocent people in the state.
This was contained ina press release signed by Director-General, Press Affairs to Governor BelloMatawalle, Yusuf Idris, and made available to journalists in Gusau.
It said that the governormade the revelation when he received former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowonat the Government House, Gusau.
The statement saidthat most of the weapons were voluntarily returned to the government byrepentant bandits who surrendered to embrace peace while denouncing their badways.
The governor describedthe elder statesman’s visit to the state as timely and sought for professionaladvice from the retired general on the best practicable ways to end banditry inthe state.
In his response, Gowonsaid he was in the state for his Nigeria Pray initiative, to pray for an end tothe violence in the North west and seek for God’s blessings and wisdom forleaders to offer good governance as well as sustainable unity in the country.