Not all Fulanis are criminals – Gov Matawalle

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has said that not all Fulanis are criminals.
According to him, some of them were pushed into criminalities.

He, however, vowed that his administration will do everything humanly possible to mop up arms from the bandits.

He stated this when three notorious bandits said to have repented have again surrendered their weapons to the Zamfara State Government.

The governor said the move is necessary for peace to reign in the state to enable residents to go about carrying out their lawful businesses.

“We thank God for making us witness another day of success. When we started this dialoguing with these people, we have been getting so many attacks from all angles because people do not understand what it means,” he said

“People have been debating the issue of insecurity but they don’t know the root cause and they don’t want to understand. The only jump and conclude that why govt A, B, C, D are subscribing to dialogue.

“The government is doing everything possible to mop-up all the weapons belonging to them, to bring it to the proper authority.”

He emphasised that the state government is applying the two methods, kinetic and none kinetic approach to flush out banditry in Zamfara State.
After giving up their AK-47 rifles and other ammunition on Monday, the bandits had sworn with the Holy qua’ran not to return to carry out banditry activities again.
One of them who spoke in Hausa at the Government House in Gusau said that they have sincerely accepted the peace initiative of the state government; pledging not to commit dastardly acts any longer.