Zamfara Emirs who reacted to the recent military air strikes launched in the state, disclosed that it is killing innocent villagers and not bandits. Emir of Bungudu, Alhaji Hassan Attahiru who spoke on behalf of the Zamfara Council of Chiefs at the end of an emergency meeting on Thursday in Gusau, the state capital, also berated Defence Minister, Mansur Dan’Ali who claimed the bandits were working with some traditional rulers.
Zamfara Emirs who asked Mansur Dan’Ali
to immediately name the traditional rulers or withdraw the statement,
further stated that it was an attempt to tarnish the image of the
traditional rulers. The Zamfara Emirs who revealed that air strikes are
killing innocent villagers and not bandits, said;
“The council
noted that airstrikes undertaken by the military did not hit the main
camps of the bandits. Reports from Mutu in the Gusau and Tsafe Local
Government Area, Tangaram in the Anka LGA and Dumburum in the Zurmi
LGA, among others, indicated that the areas shelled were not the actual
hideouts of the bandits and the victims were innocent civilians.“If the
main camps of the bandits are taken over and security personnel
stationed there for a considerable period of time. This will deprive the
bandits territory, mobility and supply routes, thus securing all
surrounding areas.”
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