155 people have been killed by bandits in Zamfara in less than 30 days:Gov Abdulaziz Yari

Zamfara state governor, Abdulaziz Yari, said on Monday, November 21, that 155 people had been killed by bandits in less than a month in the state,not only that,he also confirmed that many people have also been kidnapped with the same range.


 The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Yari
disclosed this in a statewide broadcast on the security
challenges facing the state.
The governor also stated that over 50 persons had been
kidnapped during the period.

  Yari explained that 53 persons  were killed in Shinkafi Local
Government Area; 50 in Maru Local Government Area; 37 in
Maradun Local Government Area; and 15 in Zurmi Local
Government Area .

  The governor said even though the Federal Government had
launched a military operation against the bandits in July, the
criminals regrouped and returned with vendetta, killing and
kidnapping innocent people and demanding large sums of
money as ransom.

  He said after a meeting with stakeholders in the state on
Monday, the state government had set up a crisis
management committee comprising security agents, civil
servants, legislators and retired security agents.

  The governor said the body was charged with the
responsibility of assessing the damages caused by the
activities of the hoodlums to enable the government to
assist the victims.
Yari appealed to the Federal Government to deploy more
military personnel to the state to defeat the bandits.