3,000 ABDUCTED VICTIMS FREED IN ZAMFARA
Over 3,000 kidnapped victims had reportedly been freed from their abductors as of 2019 to date.
The Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, noted on Tuesday in Gusau while reviewing the progress of security operations in the state.
He said the victims regained their freedom through the peace, reconciliation and dialogue programme initiated by Gov. Bello Matawalle’s administration in the past three years.
“Before Matawalle’s administration, the state faced serious security challenges, especially attacks on our communities and kidnapping.
He stressed that Matawalle initiated peace, reconciliation and dialogue with bandits. The dialogue yielded positive results because the state is recording relative peace.”
According to Dosara, banditry activities have reduced to a minimal level across the state, adding that it witnessed nine months without recording bandits’ attacks at the initial stage of the dialogue.
He said the state government successfully rescued different groups of kidnapped victims comprising males, females and children, adding that some of them hailed from Katsina and Sokoto States.
Dosara revealed that a number of repented bandits had surrendered to the authorities while many bandits’ camps have been destroyed since the since inception of the peace dialogue programme.
He said many roads hitherto closed due to banditry had been opened for public transportation, adding that the 14 local government areas are accessible by road.
He further stated that the government, provided vehicles and other logistics to security agencies to compliment their efforts toward the protection of lives and property in the state.
He urged the people of the state to cooperate with government and security agencies to end banditry and security challenges bedeviling the state.
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