North West Governors Engage 3,000 Vigilantes To Combat Banditry

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Governors of the North West geopolitical zone announced yesterday that they have concluded plans to recruit 3,000 vigilantes to battle banditry in the

LEADERSHIP reports that the governor had directed that only two designated filling stations be allowed to sell fuel up to N5,000 to motorists in 14 local government areas of the state.

Justifying his position that bandits had many known collaborators, Masari said bakers at many adjourning local government areas to the forest were taking bread to bandits at night.He reiterated his position that he would not negotiate with bandits, describing them as “criminals who are fighting no religious and ideological course”.

The minister said the federal government was very concerned about banditry, noting that with the new platforms and efforts to end the menace there are better days ahead. Credible sources revealed that the helicopter landed in the Gurbi village at about 5pm yesterday and within five minutes they began to open fire on innocent residents of the area, shooting over 10 persons that are now receiving treatment in the hospital.

He said, “I took my firearm and shot at the bandits once and ran away because of their numbers and the firearms they carried. Leading debate on the bill, Senator Amosun observed that kidnapping was a major security challenge confronting Nigeria in recent times. The PDP said its position is predicated on the declaration of the Buhari presidency that it was not interested in making public the names of six Nigerians reportedly sent to the federal government by the United Arab Emirates as sponsors of terrorism in the country.

 

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