The Democracy Watch Initiative (DWI) has lamented that over 400 communities across Zamfara state are controlled by bandits and kidnappers.
Consequently, the DWI is urging the federal government to declare a state of emergency in the state to address the spate of insecurity. Speaking at a press conference along with 28 non-governmental organisations in Kaduna, spokesman of the group, Sanusi Mohammed said despite previous government efforts to curtail insecurity in Zamfara state, the situation has steadily deteriorated with the spate of insecurity.
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He said people are killed, kidnapped and women are rapined, adding that Gusau, the state capital is on the verge of being overrun by bandits.He noted that the frequent audacious acts of violence perpetrated by the bandits and kidnappers, who operate freely at will, has led to horrifying instances of women and children being raped, communities displaced, people kidnapped for ransom, citizens denied access to their farmlands and many others, brutalized, traumatized and killed on a daily basis.“We call for the immediate proclamation of a state of emergency in Zamfara state because the people have shed enough tears and blood in the last two months without an appropriate response from government. “Over 400 villages and communities are being controlled by the ravaging bandits in the state with the terrorists forming their own government in these areas and deciding what happens and what should be done.
Zamfara state has become a colony of banditry in the country with the rate of merciless killings, kidnappings, and rape becoming very uncontrollable. There are thousands of widows and orphans roaming the streets due to banditry that killed their husbands and fathers, thereby increasing the volume of almajirais.”
