Zamfara traditional rulers seek permission to handle rifles to fight bandits

Traditional rulers in Zamfara have called on the government to grant them permission to carry guns to fight bandits tormenting their domains.

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The Chairman of Zamfara Council of Chiefs and Emir of Anka, Attahiru Ahmad, made the call on Tuesday in Gusau at an event to hand over operational motorcycles to 8,500 members of the recently established Civilian Joint Task Force, JTF, in the state.

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“This is one of the best ways we can all join hands to fight these hoodlums causing us sleepless nights in the state while their sponsors live in the luxury of the blood of the people in neighbouring towns and cities.

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This action is never a solution, rather it would streamline dangerous state of unofficial small arms proliferation in the land, of which itself is another front of anarchy.