One of the repentant bandits who surrendered their AK47
rifles and ammunition at the chamber of Zamfara Government House yesterday,
Amadu Katare, has revealed that he was forced to become a bandit due to the
extra-judicial killing of his parents, wives and children by local vigilantes.
Katare disclosed this when he surrendered his weapons to the
State Government at the chamber of the State Government House in Gusau, Zamfara
State capital.
The repentant bandit noted that there were so many people
who turned to notorious bandits due to extr- judicial killings of their relatives.
“Since the coming of Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle and
the introduction of his peace movement, we have been following developments to
see if it was another deceit, and we have studied the movement and decided to
cease fire,” he said.
Katare, therefore, appealed to the federal and state
governments to always protect the Fulani people, saying that the Fulani people
are being killed on a daily basis.
“I am appealing to the state government to ensure that there
is justice and the only way to restore peace is to desist from treating the
Fulani people like third class citizens.”
According to him, the outlawed Yansakai members escalated
the rate of banditry activities in the state, pointing out that the Yansakai
members are still attacking the Fulani people even without any reason.
“There will never be any peace in any society if injustice
continues to reign supreme,” he said.
Katare said that every body is believing that Fulani people
are the only people responsible for banditry in the state, saying that the
Yansakai members are the major problem not the Fulani’s are popularly believed.
He however assured that his group would engage other Fulani
bandits to ensure that they embrace the ongoing peace accord and reconciliation
process.
Responding, Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle said that
disarmament would reduce the free movement of arms and ammunition to the barest
minimum in the state in particular and the country in general.
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