Nyanabo:
Joke of a country, instead of razing their camp to flush them out you are giving them incentives. So when they finish eating they would still go out to cause havoc. I pity this country.

True talk

restructuring now

what about the sodiers using the same ak47 to fight the bandits , what will they get ?

Firstly,

Whoever came up with this idea is a stagnant fool. Offering two cows for a gun as a mean to stop banditry is the most ineffective way to stop banditry. This is because it does not address the issue that gave birth to banditry in the first place. Also, the bandit will sell the two cows to buy as many as five more guns since the cost of a cow can buy about three of the Russian-made model. This is according to research done by the developed societies, as why accessibility to gun in third worlds is easier than accessibility to food. So, Zamfara state's plan to offer two cows for a bandit's gun is not effective at all since it empowers the bandit to enlarge his arsenal. This is by trading his broken, old or rusty guns for two cows that will buy new ones for him or her.

Secondly, this attempt by Zamfara state to reduce crime is ineffective because it offers a short-term solution to banditry. By short-term solution, I mean what on earth happens after the two cows are sold or eaten by the bandit? It points to the questions of what do they do then. Of course, they will return back to banditry due to nothing else to keep them occupied. Besides, bandits do not have the patience to raise two cows into generations of cows to sell. That is why they are bandits, O great political fools! The minds of bandits have been drilled to follow a quick-rich scheme. The floated ideology that a bandit is a bandit because he has nothing else to do, is partly true. The rest is an excuse to cause mayhem to innocent citizens who wear the same shoes as them, but have found ways to stay busy and create a sustainable means of income for themselves. I sincerely believe that Zamfara state government could have done better.

Thirdly, why offer good incentives to criminals when your state citizens are suffering, your children are begging in school instead of being in schools, or even hunger is punishing the living lights out of enlightened state citizens? It does not make sense at all. I feel like Zamfara state is rewarding them, after these elements of irreducible rascality have ravaged their land and citizens. It is Zamfara state's responsibilities to take care of their citizens first. Since the bandits have made life miserable for them, the two cows per bandit could help a very poor Northern family with many kids. Even selling a cow by the family could help them create small businesses (raise about 1000 chickens for meat and eggs, and still have some change?). The decision to give away two cows to hot-headed impatient armed rascals to reduce banditry is not the way to go.

Fourthly, it is the police job to reduce banditry and state job to make sure citizens are taken care of. I bet Zamfara state has federal police all over the state. Obviously, they are not doing their jobs. So, direct any money meant for the police to the citizens. If the police are doing their jobs, but they are thin, then support them to help take care of these damn bandits. If the state can afford to give two cows to bandits while millions of people are hungry during this COVID-19 era, they can afford to equip the police.

Now enough of this rant, let me offer my solutions before the vein on my head pops from anger at this reckless move of the Zamfara state government. Here are my solution:

First, enforce your state laws on crime. If a bandit is caught, prosecute him to the highest extent allowed by the state law. This is after you have investigated him or her in order to inquire about the members of the bandit and their affiliated groups. This is going to help catch many of them. Put their faces on the television. Televise their prosecution in the court. If this does not deter others from joining banditry, put posters with rewards of wanted bandits all over state media: newspapers, radio and televisions. It will not cost a dime since it is state-run media. Remember the days when armed banditry was rampant in the 70s, and the police caught up with every single one of them? This was how it was done. The infamous bandit, Anini, had his wanted posters all over federal and state run media. That was how he was tracked down to a LovePeddler house. No government offered two cows for his gun. He would not have taken the cows anyways. Or probably take the cows, sell them and buy more guns. Bandits are arrogant ego-maniac bastards. That is why they commit crimes, as if they are not touchable.

Secondly, work with your local DSS. You cannot tell me that the Nigerian DSS cannot locate anyone they want to locate. The Nigerian investigative branch is very advanced. I can tell you this because when criminals are really wanted by the state, they are caught. Look at the infamous bandits that operated all over Nigeria, they were caught. Even Osisikankwu whose bandit mercilessly dealt with Aba city for months, was located, caught and shot. Thank God! When Nigerian state governments really care about their citizens, they work with DSS to help curb crimes. The DSS is there for state government to use. They cannot just waltz and do whatever they want, because they are a federal entity. The state has to let them know what they want. Nigeria is too small for anyone to hide, unless the government is hiding them!

Thirdly, the Zamfara state government should create incentives to promote job opportunities. What if the cost of the cows that are being donated to the bandits, are used to start industrial scale poultry farms in each local government area of the state? People in each local government will feel the ripple effect. This is because people will be employed, earn salary and have food available to them. I have always preached that the poultry farm is the salvation of the average man or woman. This is because it costs next to nothing to start one! Besides this point, employed people will work hard to make sure that no bandit robs the place. This is because local bandits are known by local people. When the bandits want to take food away from the mouth of people, they will let the state security agency know.

Wow! I seriously cannot fathom the irresponsibility of the person that came up with giving two cows to bandits to stop banditry. It shows a lack of creative and productive intelligence on his or her part. Kinda makes one wonder whether such a person should be given a political position. Good Grief!

lmao

Makavelli25:
What actually is nice sir?
What is nice in nigeria?

Makavelli25:
What actually is nice sir?
What is nice in nigeria?

I do not see anything nice here

Government negotiating with terrorist


It’s has finished.

Makavelli25:
What actually is nice sir?
What is nice in nigeria?

Don't mind him. Some guys are not just better than cows.

Wow this is really great news.. How about we give them the whole of South West so they don't kill another soul for the next month, that sounds totally reasonable don' it.

izubext007:
what about the sodiers using the same ak47 to fight the bandits , what will they get ?

Hi, I sent you a mail, please reply.

This people have seen how foolish and stupid Nigerian could be easily played with no shikin wahala ...

ContractKiller:
Repentant bandits in Nigeria’s north-western state of Zamfara are being offered two cows for every AK-47 they surrender.

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It is an attempt to encourage them to give up a life of crime and live a normal life as responsible citizens, Zamfara Governor Bello Matawalle says.

Motorcycle-riding armed bandits operating out of abandoned forest reserves are ransacking communities in Zamfara and nearby Katsina and Sokoto states.

They often loot shops, steal cattle and grain, and take people hostage for ransom.

In a recent attack in Zamfara state, 21 people were killed in Talata Mafara town by armed bandits.

Most people are into agriculture in Zamfara state, where the motto is "farming is our pride".

“These bandits who choose to repent initially sold their cows to buy guns and now that they want a life free of criminality we are asking them to bring us an AK-47 and get two cows in return, this will empower and encourage them,” Mr Matawalle said in a statement.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-africa-47639452?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=5f117cac3f5a810661fe2569%26Repentant+Nigerian+bandits+offered+cows+for+AK-47s%262020-07-17T10%3A33%3A44.476Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn%3Aasset%3A5ee6cf32-ecd9-46cb-b85c-8d8b8e3f370d&pinned_post_asset_id=5f117cac3f5a810661fe2569&pinned_post_type=share&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_campaign=64&at_custom3=BBC+Africa&at_medium=custom7&at_custom2=twitter&at_custom4=4B22B300-C81B-11EA-9534-5BAC96E8478F

They killed Sarah Arotile and many people and want peace sleep and peace will elude them until they are all annihilated. They are all unrepentant evil doers.

Makavelli25:
We have all been cheated.
They kill our brothers and sisters only to get two cows in the end
Haaaa
So if i get an AK now,kill some northerners
I will still get two cows in return

Nigeria is fuccked up

Really bleeped up a country like Nigeria

authority2006:


Which camp if I may ask? These people are operating from vast forests and remote areas. Are securities not Killing the ones they were able to kill?

Bro leave that thing, see the DHQ knows the hide out of these miscreants but everything is being politicised just as the case of BH.

majamajic:


It's a gesture , they need withdraw those arms from bandits , with that peace will come back , nice move !

nothing nice about the move, I am a northerner so after killing innocent souls they still livestock in return,and u think that will stop them.go to borno and ask what happened after FG compensated BH.
go to katsina and ask after the negotiation btw the governor and bandits leader,
if u Don't know the situation escalated.

Slawormir:
Damnnnnn niggarrr
Isoright
First of all how assault rifles take dey enter ordinary person hand dey baffle me

Na government supposed dey control Any automatic or semi automatic or rather bust mode weapons

Black market bros

LOOK AT HOW DUMB A GOVT CULD BE!2COWS IN EXCHANGE FOR ONE AK47!AFTER FEEDING FAT,THE BANDITS WILL AV ENOUGH STAMINA TO COMMIT MORE CRIME!

AbuAeesha:

nothing nice about the move, I am a northerner so after killing innocent souls they still livestock in return,and u think that will stop them.go to borno and ask what happened after FG compensated BH.
go to katsina and ask after the negotiation btw the governor and bandits leader,
if u Don't know the situation escalated.

Then what's the solution ?

Slawormir:
Damnnnnn niggarrr
Isoright
First of all how assault rifles take dey enter ordinary person hand dey baffle me

Na government supposed dey control Any automatic or semi automatic or rather bust mode weapons

That North has porous borders if any at all...... Many northerners in customs and immigration. They are mostly in the south making sure southern parts have no access to these things and collecting oir money while their own borders are free to any bandit, gun and illegal smuggling of contrabands ....

But hey, Buhari has called his brothers from everywhere in Africa to come here and for miscreants to wreck havoc on its poor citizens... Sane countries control influx of unwanted terrorists but they are embraced here and we complain of banditry?

Northern leaders are fools... Its really not difficult to figure out..

GRANT APREC-AUTONOMOUS POLICING RESOURCING ELECTIONEERING CONTROL TO OUR 36 CONSTITUTIONAL STATES AND BANDITRY AND KIDNAPPINGS WILL STOP EVERYWHERE.

majamajic:


It's a gesture , they need withdraw those arms from bandits , with that peace will come back , nice move !

Terribly disjointed logic. Gosh!

majamajic:


It's a gesture , they need withdraw those arms from bandits , with that peace will come back , nice move !

Enough of these stupid gestures of rewarding crime and expecting results. The bandit will comeback for more.


The Northern Governors must delivery good governance modern western education, healthcare, effective security and employment programme.

majamajic:


Then what's the solution ?

The Zamfara Governor must delivery good governance moder education, healthcare, effective security and employment programme.


The Zamfara goverment must stop wasting limited resources building mosques and Islamic schools

Zamfara Govt. builds 140 Jumu’at Mosques in 2 years
https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/zamfara-govt-builds-140-jumuat-mosques-in-2-years/qxs7966

Zamfara governor donates N100 million to Islamic University
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nnorth-east/402761-zamfara-governor-donates-n100-million-to-islamic-university.html

majamajic:


It's a gesture , they need withdraw those arms from bandits , with that peace will come back , nice move !

Bello Masari offered them better deal in Katsina. They still went back to crime. Nigeria economy is not channeled towards wider prosperity for all. Only for the political class. So...expect the farming & animal husbandry biz of those bandits to die soon & they ll go back to crime

OkikiOluwa1:
Bello Masari offered them better deal in Katsina. They still went back to crime. Nigeria economy is not channeled towards wider prosperity for all. Only for the political class. So...expect the farming & animal husbandry biz of those bandits to die soon & they ll go back to crime

Na wa , so what's the way forward ?

majamajic:


Na wa , so what's the way forward ?

1. Eradication of corruption
2. Total development of the economy so that those guys becoming bandits, terrorists etc ll v no excuse than to find legitimate work.
3. Proper security & zero tolerance to banditry.
Bandits, terrorists are thriving due to poor vision n leadership skills of our leaders. Especially in the north

majamajic:


Then what's the solution ?

serious country don't negotiate with terrorists,
because wen you negotiate/compensate with a certain terrorist another one will come up to get their own share too