Zamfara community laments bandit attacks, pleads Matawalle for support

Nahuche neighborhood members in Zamfara State on Sunday crowded the Government House to oppose consistent outlaw attacks on the neighborhood, stating that the circumstance has actually stayed the same in spite of spending over N200 million on ransoms and settling vigilantes.

Dealing with newsmen at the press centre in Gusau, the state capital, the leader of the group, Musa Abdulahi, described that a businessman named Alhaji Hadi Babban Gebe was abducted and the bandits eliminated him in spite of receiving N35 million as ransom.

“Then the outlaws returned back to Nahuche neighborhood and abducted more people and required N5 million for their liberty. We contributed the money, waiting on their release but they demanded two Boxer motorbikes prior to they would release the victims.

“And while we were still on settlement with the bandits, they stormed the village again and abducted another group of individuals,” Abdullahi said.

According to him, the neighborhood contributed a substantial quantity of money to use the services of some vigilante groups however the outlaws continued to terrorize the community, saying that the villagers are tired of bandits’ continuous attacks.

The former Bungudu local government chairman stated that many villagers have fled the community due to constant attacks, worrying that the bandits have actually taken the community as their nest.

He said the leaders of the community collected at the Government House in Gusau, the state capital, to interest President Muhammadu Buhari to release military and cops operatives to the village for adequate security.

The former chairman said that the Governor assured them of taking proper actions against the unsightly scenario wrecking the area.