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janefblog:
Zamfara state government received some repentant bandits that surrendered their arms to the state government. This was disclosed on Twitter by the state Commissioner of Information, Suleiman Tunau Anka.



He posted photos of the armed bandits surrendering their weapons at a ceremony that was attended by the state governor Bello Matawale.



”Another bandit commander by name Amadu Karkare and his two lieutenants have just surrendered their weapons and took an oath never to engage in banditry again. May Almighty Allah continues to brings more peace to our dear state ameen” Anka wrote

See more photos here ......... https://janefblog.com/16128-2zamfara-state-receive-repentant-bandits-as-the-surrender-their-arms-photos/

. In a bid to address the security challenges rocking the South-west of Nigeria, the governors in the geopolitical zone on Saturday met with traditional rulers at the Oyo State Government House in Agodi, Ibadan.

The major highlight of the meeting was to find lasting solutions to the killings and kidnapping for ransom that have become the order of the day and the seeming helplessness of security operatives to tackle rising crimes.

The meeting also addressed the cases of farmers-herders clashes, leading to deaths, destruction of farms and other valuable properties.

The political and traditional leaders also unanimously agreed that open grazing had become unsustainable and must be stopped.

The meeting was attended by governors Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, Gboyega Oyetola of Osun, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo, and Seyi Makinde of Oyo.

The traditional rulers in attendance include Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi; Alaafin of Oyo, Lamidi Adeyemi; Olubadan of Ibadan, Saliu Adetunji; Akarigbo of Remo, Babatunde Ajayi, and Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom, Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan.

Addressing journalists after the meeting, Mr Akeredolu, who is the chairman of the South-west Governors Forum, said the government must change the practice of open grazing by cattle breeders.

“We discussed that as we are supporting other areas of farming, like rice farmers and others, the need for government to support cattle breeding is now. And one of the ways we can support cattle breeding is to change the ways and means that cattle breeders are adopting now.

“So, you can find designated grazing areas where you can graze, you can have feed mills where you can feed, you do not have to trek with your herds from far.



“But, things that will lead to open grazing in these modern times must be looked at and the state and federal government, in particular, should give support as much as we can to cattle breeders.”

Mr Akeredolu said the leaders agreed that the influx of foreign herdsmen into the country due to porous borders is also causing security problems to the region and must be addressed.

“We all agreed that our borders have become too porous and that we need to do something urgently to prevent foreign herdsmen from coming into this country without any form of caution because a number of them have come in with their herds and what they do is of concern to us.



“We all believe that our borders need to be checked and we need to tighten our borders so that all those foreigners from Niger republic and those beyond bordering states don’t come in with their herds and destroy our farms.”

Speaking on forest management, the leaders agreed that forest management and preservation is the duty of the states and must be well looked at not to accommodate criminals.

“We all agreed that the time is now that we support the decision of National Economic Council (NEC) about forest management and that they believe that all the states should be in a position to manage their forest and that will give enough room for you to determine who is there, what purpose are they serving, and where you have people illegally.

“The state should be able to take some steps so that you can preserve our forest,” he said.

Others who attended the meeting were the Deputy Inspector General of Police, David Folawiyo; Oyo Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko; Garrison Commander, 2 Division of the Nigerian Army, Adesoji Ogunsugba; top officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and the Air force.

Iamgrey5:
The oilypussy guy deliberately removed the contents of the news

He is running between his Legs about recent happenings in the East where he comes from to focus on Yorubas.

Although the king is stupid, he has a point here

He said Yorubas have more properties and investments in the North than Fulanis have properties in the South west.

So he is talking about losses in terms of Investments and life savings here.

BreconHills:
Why only Tinubu? Why not the entire political class?

Omuaro38:
Media and its soft labels, of course we all know it's Fulani terrorists!

Oshigun:
People of the SW detest Fulanis more today , for sure, because of Buhari actually. Many in the SW, including myself, thought Buhari is a leader who will always stand up for who/what is right . That was the credentials of Buhari that sold his candidacy to many.

Cant speak for others but I know the impunity of Fulanis in committing atrocities across the SW, especially in this second term of Buhari, has now made Yorubas detest Fulanis passionately. The general belief now is that if Buhari can be an open and unapologetic ethnic champion then probably all Fulanis are.

Fact is that it is under Buhari, and not even the very weak GEJ, that Fulani herdsmen began openly defying Yorubas in their own land and committing heinous atrocities without any Fulani being brought to book. It is obvious these people are being supported by the FG and it is now clear to most Yorubas that Fulani leaders are backers of what their criminals are doing across Nigeria.

plaindealer:
Nigeria is buried according to you, that's your own personal opinion, not the opinion of tens of millions of proud Nigerians.

Btw, buried people are not recognized, they are not seen or even considered for any local or international position so you did not make any sense with your comment, it was just your personal opinion.

Optional09:
Well, the way this country is going, we will all wake up one day and the law that governs us will be sharia or we’re getting run over by terrorists.

Every Southerner should for a minute think about what’s going on in this country right now and ask that this country should be restructured disbanded.

There is fire on the mountains guys.

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Garba Sheuh

Dr (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is a woman I know very well, because we worked at close quarters between 2003 and 2007, when she served in our administration in various capacities, most notably as Finance Minister.