{"id":96382,"date":"2022-06-27T02:41:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T01:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=96382"},"modified":"2022-06-27T02:41:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T01:41:03","slug":"zamfara-state-to-issue-gun-permits-for-residents-to-defend-themselves-against-terrorist-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/zamfara-state-to-issue-gun-permits-for-residents-to-defend-themselves-against-terrorist-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Zamfara State to issue gun permits for residents to defend themselves against terrorist attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zamfara State Governor on Sunday said it will start issuing licences to individuals to carry guns to defend themselves against armed gangs of kidnappers causing havoc in the country\u2019s northwest, according to the state\u2019s commissioner for information.<\/p>\n<p>Zamfara commissioner for information, Ibrahim Magaji Dosara said the state governor had directed the state police commissioner to issue 500 gun licences in each of the 19 emirates in the state to those wishing to defend themselves.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cGovernment is ready to facilitate people, especially our farmers to secure basic weapons for defending themselves,\u201d Dosara said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Owning a gun in Zamfara needs permission from the state governor and state police commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>Armed gangs are rife across Nigeria\u2019s northwest where they rob or kidnap for ransom, and violence has been increasing, where thinly stretched security forces often fail to stop the attacks.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe gunmen, known locally as bandits, operate from remote forests in the northwest and their deadly attacks and kidnappings, targeting villagers, farmers and travellers, have increased since the start of the year. Zamfara and neighbouring Kaduna are the most affected, authorities say.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s security forces are stretched fighting an Islamist insurgency in the northeast of the country, leaving individual states to rely on vigilante groups to tackle the bandits, who move in large numbers on motorcycles.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, gunmen killed eight people and kidnapped 38 others in an attack on two churches in Kaduna, a Christian group said, weeks after another deadly attack in the southwest.<\/p>\n<p>Dosara said Zamfara will recruit additional community protection guards across the state to help to fight the bandits while the state will also set up a new paramilitary unit commanded by a retired police commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>The state also banned the use of motorcycles and selling of petrol in three districts and one emirate, in areas which are the most affected by banditry, Dosara said. The state is divided into emirates and the emirates into districts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnybody found riding motorbike within the areas is considered as bandits and security agencies are thereby directed to shoot such persons at sight,\u201d said Dosara.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zamfara State Governor on Sunday said it will start issuing licences to individuals to carry guns to defend themselves against armed gangs of kidnappers causing havoc in the country\u2019s northwest,&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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