We Escape Military Arrest Because Our Informants Are Officials Of Zamfara, Sokoto Governments__Bandits Say
Bandits operating along Shinkafi/Sokoto Road, Zamfara State have claimed that officials of Zamfara and Sokoto State governments feed them with information with which they strike and escape arrest by military.
The bandits revealed this during a peace meeting with popular Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Tuesday at Makkai forest.
The meeting was in continuation of the peace moves by Gumi.
It was not the first time the Islamic cleric would be meeting with suspected bandits to broker a peace deal.
About three weeks ago, over 500 bandits reportedly agreed to lay down their weapons in Kaduna after he struck a peace deal with them.
A source at the Tuesday meeting told SaharaReporters that the gunmen claimed officials of both state governments provide information on movements of troops and other operational activities discussed during security meetings to them.
The bandits also accused the Nigerian government of not being sincere in ending banditry and kidnappings.
Reviewed by Okenwa Chinedu
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February 04, 2021
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