Attahiru Ahmad, emir of Anka and
chairman of the Zamfara state council of chiefs, says President Muhammadu
Buhari ought have sacked Mansur Dan-Ali, minister of defence.
According to PUNCH, Ahmad made
the remark in response to the allegation of the minister that some monarchs
were conspiring with bandits.
He reportedly described the
minister’s allegation as serious, saying Dan-Ali, who hails from Birnin Magaji
local government area of Zamfara, ought to have relocated to his local
government as part of efforts to tackle banditry.
“It is very unfortunate for the
defence minister to accuse us of aiding banditry. If it were in another
country, the minister would have been fired because it is a very serious
allegation,” he said.
“He said it was not only the
traditional rulers in Zamfara that were aiding the bandits but even those in
other parts of the north.
“But we kept quiet because he is
our own. Go to his local government area and see what is happening. So, as a
defence minister, he should have relocated there.”
He commended the federal
government for deploying troops in the state to combat banditry.
“I have already explained that I
have an able officer deployed in my domain. The only hindrance is that the
troops deployed here are very few in number and have no required equipment to
fight the bandits,” he said.
“Nevertheless, the leader of the
team acts promptly and very fast whenever there is a problem.”
Ahmad also appealed to the
federal government to act “as quickly as possible by coming to our rescue
because if nothing is urgently done, there is going to be human tragedy in
Zamfara.”
“These bandits will one day come
to the major towns to attack people if they are not effectively controlled,” he
said.
“With the number of the bandits
and their sophisticated weapons, I think they can attack any local government
headquarters. So, we are appealing for deployment of more soldiers.
“Because if you have money in
Nigeria, you can get anything you want. So these bandits are very rich.
“For example, if they abduct a
person, they will collect up to N5m ransom or even N10m and the money will be
paid in a maximum of two weeks. So by the time they are collecting N5m from one
person, others are also waiting to pay for the release of their brothers.”
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