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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nMasari, at the interactive session, reiterated the role of the state government\u2019s resolve to complement the efforts of security agencies to flush out the hoodlums rather than negotiating with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said: \u201cWe entered into various phases of dialogue with the bandits on the prompting of the security agencies. By the time we completed, we reached an agreement on so many solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEven if we were not able to meet their demands 100 per cent, we were able to meet up with between 70 and 80 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut the peace accord from my records, did not last for more than six to seven months, then it broke down again and that is the position we are in at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The governor described the marauding bandits as being worse than wild animals in the forest, saying they kill indiscriminately without any purpose or reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to him, \u201cIn the forest, a lion or a tiger kills only when it is hungry and it doesn\u2019t kill all the animals, it only kills the one it can eat at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut what we see here is that the bandits come to town, spray bullets, kill indiscriminately for no purpose and no reasons. How can a human being behave the way that an animal cannot even behave. That is why I say that they are worse than the animals in the forest. For me, there are no longer innocent persons in the forests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Masari said despite the peace agreement entered, the bandits, in coordinated attacks with their accomplices from Zamfara, Kaduna and other neighboring states, have continued with indiscriminate killings across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He however said the military and police do not have adequate manpower and equipment required to operate in all the troubled spots across the six geo-political zones of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEven members of the Armed Forces have limited capacity in terms of the equipment available to them and the money given to them,\u201d Masari added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The governor said under the Exclusive List as enshrined in the constitution, security is the sole responsibility of the federal government, adding that: \u201cWe provide 90 per cent in terms of whatever is expected of us, based on resources available to us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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