The
ongoing banditry in Zamfara has claimed over 3,000 lives in the past few years,
an official has said.
The Secretary to the Government of Zamfara,
Abdullahi Shinkafi, made the disclosure on Sunday in Gusau at a town hall
meeting organised by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
Mr Shinkafi also said the state government has
spent some N17 billion in the past seven years on fighting the problem.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the
meeting was called to find a lasting solution to the worsening insecurity in
the state.
According to Mr Shinkafi, the banditry has
resulted to the death of over 3,000 people, destruction of over 2,000 homes,
burning of over 500 cars and kidnapping of over 500 people for ransom.
He said that the money was spent from 2011 to
date, to procure vehicles for security agencies, pay allowances to security
operatives, provide accommodation for soldiers of the 232 Battalion and other
logistics.
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