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    16,000 persons displaced by bandits in Zamfara

    Chronicle EditorBy Chronicle EditorMay 14, 2019No Comments2 Mins Read
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    Prof Yemi Osinbajo had more than a chat with IDPs, he connected with them
    FILE PHOTO: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo visits an Internally Displaced Persons camp
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    FILE PHOTO: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo visits an Internally Displaced Persons camp

    More than 16,000 persons have been displaced in Anka while fleeing from bandits’ attacks in Zamfara, northern Nigeria.

    They fled to nearby villages, the Emir of Anka, Alhaji Attahiru Ahmad, told visiting Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau.

    The minister was in Zamfara state at the instance of President Muhammadu Buhari to address insecurity in the state.

    Ahmad, who is also the Chairman of the Council of Chiefs in the state, urged government to do more in order to resolve the crisis.

    He said unless something more serious was done, there would be no farming in the state during the year, adding that many villages had been deserted with more displaced women and children coming to the towns.

    He advised that security agents should invade all the deserted villages which were now hiding places for the bandits to enable displaced villagers to return home.

    The minister denied allegations that the Federal Government gave Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association money during its recent meeting with the group in Brinin Kebbi.

    The minister spoke in Anka, Zamfara, on Monday while fielding questions from newsmen.

    He described information that government gave the group money as the ”fabrication of mischief makers’’.

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    “Let me state categorically that during our meeting with members of the Miyetti Allah representatives, no issue of money was discussed at all, not to talk about giving them any.

    “We did not give them even one kobo, the information being spread is the fabrication of mischief makers trying to divert from the matter facing us, which is the killing of innocent citizens.

    “My visit to Zamfara today is in furtherance of that meeting to discuss with stakeholders and as you have seen, we are on course and confident that the issue of banditry in all the affected states is coming to an end,” he said.

    He assured farmers that government would provide adequate security for them to farm without hindrance during the farming season.

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