TWO million Nigerians and foreign nationals are rescued from kidnappers from Zamfara State, Governor Bello Matawalle has stated.
The governor said that they were rescued from the previous 19 weeks under his view, including that the accomplishment was made possible by utilizing former bandits as negotiators.
According to him, no ransom had been paid at the rescuing of kidnapped victims in the country, including that conversation and logic had consistently been deployed.
The governor said that President Muhammadu Buhari was satisfactorily briefed on each safety measures undertaken to safeguard lives and possessions.
Matawalle explained his resolve to run an open-door policy was supposed to provide support to safety agencies in the nation.
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He explained: “We’ve regained a lot of dangerous weapons that were supplied to the security bureaus of Nigeria and we’ve rescued about 2,000 attempted victims such as several foreign nationals.
“These include individuals from China, Korea, Niger Republic, Burkina Faso as well as Central Africa that have been kidnapped and taken into Zamfara state.
“All we’re concerned about is to see that our folks go to sleep with their eyes shut and that’s the duty of each government to give safety for the lives and possessions of which we’re doing.”
Matawalle encouraged all state governors to set aside political differences and place a united front to rid the nation of criminal elements and actions, particularly banditry.
Second, who cautioned that the lack of law and order would be anarchy, said”safety and hunger knows no party”
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