Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara state said he had actually
spent over N13 billion on security to contain challenges faced by communities
in the state.
The Federal Commissioner was in the state to present relief
materials donated by the Federal Government to Internally Displaced Persons
(IPDs).
The governor, who, was reacting to critics on his request to
federal government to refund the state government the sum of N13 billion it
spent in fighting crime in the state in the last five years.
The governor said, “People should learn to respect their
leaders and what the leaders say and ask for clarification on what they do not
know.”
He said armed bandits, cattle rustlers and kidnappers had
caused lots of damages to people’s lives and property during the period until
the state government made frantic efforts to contain the situation.
He further explained that the state government constituted a
committee which was chaired by the Deputy Governor, Mallam Ibrahim Wakkala
pointing out that the committee negotiated with the bandits.
This, he said, resulted in many of them renouncing the
criminal act and surrendering their weapons.
He, therefore, called on the Federal Government to refund
the money to the state government.
Recall that Gov. Yari first requested for the refund of the
money when the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mansur Dan-Ali came to the state on
an official visit in March.
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