Again, Bandits Kidnap Over 50 People In Zamfara Including District Head

Bandits have reportedly whisked away at least fifty people from Bagega, a community in Zamfara State.

Reports reaching Naija News on Wednesday morning revealed that the assailants attacked the village on Tuesday and kidnapped the District Head and other residents mostly women and children.

The latest event is one of many kidnapping and killing incidents in the state by bandit terrorists.

Residents of the mining village who confirmed the Tuesday incident to Reuters said that the gunmen stormed the village on motorcycles shooting indiscriminately and setting houses on fire.

The Village Head, Malam Abubakar Uba, who reportedly spoke to journalists about the attack, said the gunmen kidnapped the district head before proceeding to kidnap dozens of others in the village.

“They stormed the village on a dozen motorcycles and their first stop was the District’s Head residence. A few of them took him away with three members of his household before they entered the town and unleashed more harm”, Uba stated.

Zamfara State Will Never Dialogue With Bandits – Gov Lawal Insists

Naija News reports that bandits have been constantly besieging Zamfara, killing and abducting residents withouth string confrontation s.

However, the State Governor, Dauda Lawal, recently reiterated that his administration would never dialogue with bandits across the state.

He said negotiating with bandits only gives them more room for operation and leverage to do more terrible things, Naija News reports.

The governor maintained that his government would never go into negotiating with bandits while explaining the negative impacts of doing such.

Lawal, during a weekly preaching session organised by the Ministry of Religious Affairs in the state on Friday, said instead of dialoguing with them, the state would be involved in a reaccess to improve tactics in handling them.

The governor, in a statement by his spokesman, Sulaiman Bala Idris, said, “Governor Dauda Lawal, during a remark at the Weekly Preaching Session in Gusau, elaborated on the negative impact of negotiating with bandits, stressing that it only encourages them and creates an atmosphere of fear and insecurity for law-abiding citizens.

“He emphasised the need to acknowledge the reality – the criminals have proven themselves untrustworthy in past dialogues. Continuing to negotiate with them would not produce any favourable results. It is time to reassess our approach and consider more forceful tactics to handle the matter decisively.

“Governor Lawal further urged traditional and religious leaders to always align with the truth, to voice out the truth no matter who is involved.

“He tasked political leaders and citizens to prioritise the state’s security over politics, emphasising that the peace and stability of Zamfara is non-negotiable.”

It would be recalled that the Zamfara State government accused the federal government of negotiating with bandits in the state after some unknown gunmen kidnapped some students in the state.