Bello Matawallen, governor of
Zamfara state, says not less than 200 abducted persons in the state have been
released through a peace initiative.
This was disclosed in a statement
signed by Zailani Bappa, the governor’s senior special assistant on public enlightenment,
media and communication.
The peace initiative included
dialogue among armed bandits, security agents and local vigilante groups known
as ‘yan sakai.’
He said 33 persons including men,
women and children, were just released by their captors into the hands of Usman
Nagogo, Zamfara commissioner of police.
“Twenty-three more captives were
released today by their captors into the hands of the Zamfara Commissioner of
Police, Usman Nagogo who introduced them to newsmen at the Police headquarters
in Gusau this morning,” the statement read.
“The Twenty_three comprises men,
women and children and were promptly fed, cleaned up and attended by Doctors.
This brings to over 200 persons so far released unconditionally under the
ongoing peace initiative of the present administration of Governor Bello
Mohammed (Matawallen Maradun).”
Speaking with journalists, Nagogo
said conflicts can be resolved through round-table discussions and not
necessarily violence.
He said the state is yet to be
completely free from attacks due to the long-term existence of banditry. He
added that more work will be done to ensure that insecurity is reduced to the
minimum level.
“We are not surprised with this,
if the progress achieved in releasing captives since the last briefing is
anything to go by, we have achieved tremendous progress in integrating these
victims to their families,” he said.
“The number of people rescued in
the last six days stood at 33. This shows us that the ongoing dialogue and
reconciliation in the state is working.”
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