2,619 Killed, 1,190 Abducted By Bandits In Zamfara – Govt

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  • Says N970M Spent On Ransom Payment In State

The Zamfara State government has said that no fewer than 2,619 people have been killed in various attacks by bandits in the state since 2011.

The Commissioner for Information in Zamfara, Ibrahim Dosara, stated this at a press conference in Kaduna, Friday.

The commissioner noted that bandits have also abducted 1,190 people from various parts of Zamfara in the last eight years.

Speaking further, he said that over 100,000 people were displaced from their ancestral homes as a result of bandits’ activities, while 14,378 livestock were rustled within the period.

Dosara added that since 2011, the Zamfara State government has spent the sum of N970 million on the payment of ransom to bandits to secure the release of kidnapped victims.

The commissioner lamented that there are more than 100 different camps and over 30,000 bandits operating across Zamfara State and beyond.

He, however, said the much-criticized state government’s amnesty programme for bandits would continue in order to secure people in the state.

According to Dosara, Zamfara lacks enough security forces from the Federal Government to secure the lives and properties of the people in the state.

In spite of the spates of attacks in the state, he claimed that the attacks by bandits in the state have drastically reduced since the inception of the Bello Matawalle’s administration in 2019.

The commissioner said the government has put practicable measures in place, such as the peace and reconciliation process and the amnesty programme, to tackle the security challenges in the state.

He revealed that through the dialogue and peace process of the government, over 62 bandits have surrendered their arms – a development that has led to the release of over 2,000 kidnapped victims with the help of repentant bandits, the Zamfara govt claimed.

Giving a background of the genesis of rural banditry in Zamfara, Dosara said it started with a conflict between the Fulani and Hausa communities in the state.

He decried the recent upsurge in occasional attacks and kidnappings in some parts of the state were being masterminded by some conflict entrepreneurs and informants who often connive with the recalcitrant bandits to commit heinous acts.

Segun Amure (the New Diplomat's Abuja Bureau)
Segun Amure (the New Diplomat's Abuja Bureau)
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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