The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Mohammed, has clarified a
statement he made during a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The governor had gone to brief the president on the security
situation in the state.
While addressing journalists after the visit, Mr Mohammed
said not all bandits operating in the state are criminals.
He explained that most of the bandits take up arms due to
the injustice meted on them by some members of the society.
But in a statement on Wednesday, the governor said he meant
to say that not all Fulani were criminals.
The statement signed by his media aide, Zailani Bappa, said
the governor did not mean to say that not all bandits were criminals.
Read full statement below:
ZAMFARA STATE GOVT
HOUSE
(PRESS RELEASE)
Re: NOT ALL BANDITS ARE CRIMINALS
A story carried by the Online medium, Premium Times today,
quoted Governor Bello Mohammed (Matawallen Maradun) as saying that not all
bandits are criminals.
Indeed, His Excellency was at the Presidential villa
yesterday to brief Mr President on the security situation in the state. He also
granted a short interview with the press crew at the villa.
In that interview, he tried to make clear his known and
popular view that not all FILANII are CRIMINALS. He went on to explain the
injustices meted on them such as rustling their cattle as reasons that pushed
them to criminality.
If indeed he mentioned the word BANDITS instead of FULANI,
then it was an inadvertent mistake as common sense dictates that banditry
cannot at any time be justified as a non-criminality.
We wish to call on all Nigerians who come across this story
to disregard the message as that is not at all what His Excellency meant to say
nor the kind of message he wanted to portray.
Zailani Bappa
Special Adviser
Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications
18/2/2021
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