{"id":98501,"date":"2022-08-23T11:43:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T10:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=98501"},"modified":"2022-08-23T11:43:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T10:43:21","slug":"banditry-kingpin-in-zamfara-bello-turji-has-embraced-peace-says-deputy-gov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/banditry-kingpin-in-zamfara-bello-turji-has-embraced-peace-says-deputy-gov\/","title":{"rendered":"Banditry Kingpin In Zamfara, Bello Turji Has Embraced Peace, Says Deputy Gov"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Banditry kingpin in Zamfara, Bello Turji, has repented and embraced peace overtures by the state government.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Zamfara\u2019s deputy governor, Sen. Hassan Nasiha made the declaration in Gusau.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said that Bello\u2019s repentance had resulted in peace in Birnin Magaji, Shinkafi and Zurmi local government areas of Zamfara.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The deputy governor spoke at the opening of a conference on security organised by the Students Union of Medina University, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said he had met with bandits in the 14 local government areas of the state.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cIn the last three months, there has not been any bandits attack at Magami district as a result of the peace initiative with bandits,\u2019\u2019 Nasiha said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cEveryone knows the notorious bandits\u2019 kingpin, Bello Turji who has operated on that axis.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe state government through the peace committee entered into a peace deal with the bandits\u2019 leader and he agreed to stop the criminality and to embrace peace.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cTurji is now killing unrepentant bandits who unleashed terror on innocent citizens in Shinkafi, Zurmi and Birnin Magaji local government areas,\u2019\u2019 Nasiha said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said that the peace committee set up by Zamfara government met with nine bandits\u2019 groups in their camps at Magami and Dansadau emirates where they raised their concerns.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThey said Hausas always attacked and raped their women, killing the Fulani on their way to or returning from markets,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Nasiha also told the conference that Zamfara had ordered the return of cattle grazing routes, lands, water for livestock and other property seized by Hausas to the herders.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said that the order must be respected by both parties in the conflict to enable the return of law and order in the communities.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Nasiha said that the Fulani requested the government to consider freeing their youths currently in detention in correctional centres and in police cells.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThey equally requested for schools for their kids and other social services including fertilisers and farm inputs<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThey said lack of education would influence a 12-year-old Fulani boy to kill a 70-year-old man using AK-47 rifle,\u2019\u2019 the deputy governor said.<\/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>Banditry kingpin in Zamfara, Bello Turji, has repented and embraced peace overtures by the state government. 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