Some politicians in Zamfara State in the North Western Nigeria are uncomfortable with the reports of their involvement in banditry activities which an informant has been divulging.
To this end, the State governor, Alhaji Bello Matawalle Maradun said, he will not relent until those involved are dealth with and peace returned to parts of the State.
The governor revealed that some persons working with bandits have confessed that they are being sponsored by politicians who are in the State.
Governor Bello stated this on a radio programme Lagos even though he didn’t disclose names of the politicians.
According to him, some popular politicians vehemently opposed his amnesty programme for bandits.
“After we initiated the dialogue, you know it was supposed to be a collective effort — between the government, the people of the state and other political gladiators. Unfortunately, when the government is trying to make sure we have peace, some political elites are thinking they don’t want us to succeed.”
“So they’ve been making so many unprecedented comments about the dialogue issues and the reconciliation. And some of them that have connections with the criminals have been telling them all sorts of things so that they shouldn’t believe the government’s amnesty and reconciliation.
“We have some records. Some of the informants that were arrested, we have over 2000 informants under the custody of security agencies, and some of them have opened up and indicted so many people. They said some of the politicians are the ones funding them, telling them the state and federal government are not serious on what we promise to them.”
Our correspondent who is monitoring developments in Gusau, capital of Zamfara State reports that some politicians are no longer comfortable anymore with revelations coming out.
