Bandits commanders in Birnin-Magaji Local Government Area of Zamfara, on Friday agreed to suspend attacks on the people at a dialogue meeting with the state government and security officials. The bandits also said that the coast is now clear for all those displaced by the attacks to return home.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the agreement was reached at the palace of the Emir of Birnin-Magaji.

Present at the meeting were the state Commissioner of Police, bandits commanders, leaders of Fulani, Civilian Joint Task Force and local vigilantes known as “Yansakai”.

The meeting, chaired by Police Commissioner Usman Nagogo, was also attended by Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Security Matters, Abubakar Dauran and National leaders of Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN).

The bandits’ commanders at the meeting were: Ardo Nashawari, Audu Karki and Muhammad Bello, while the leaders of civilian JTF and vigilantes were Malam Garba Nasarawa-Godal and Alhaji Shuaibu Aliyu.

Speaking on behalf of the bandits, Nashawari, said with the suspension of the attacks, farmers were now free to return to their farms and other residents free to go about their normal businessess.

Nashawari added, “We believe with this dialogue,the Fulani can now go to markets, they can move freely without any hitch.”

The Civilian JTF leader, Alhaji Shuaibu Aliyu, urged the government to ensure immediate disarming of the bandits.

“On behalf of the entire members of Civilian JTF and Vigilance Group Birnin-Magaji Local Government Area, we commend the state government for this dialogue, we abide by it,” he said.

On his part, the commissioner of police described the meeting as “fruitful” and restated the commitment of the command to rid the state of banditry, kidnapping and other crimes.

“We are impressed with the comments of the warring factions, both of them have accepted the dialogue”, Nagogo said.

The National President of MACBAN, Alhaji Ardo Kiruwa, described the dialogue as “succeeding”, noting that most of the markets that were hitherto closed due to insecurity, have been opened.

“We were told that the Fulani were seen in Shinkafi market yesterday”, he added. Kiruwa called on the Fulani to cooperate with government and security agencies in order to maintain peace and stability in the state.

Also, Dauran, the special adviser on security, thanked the people of the state for their support and cooperation toward ensuring that the dialogue succeeded. He cautioned against politicising the state government’s efforts at tackling the security challenges in the state.

“We are aware that some people are using politics to challenge the government’s efforts in this regard”, he noted. The Emir of Birnin-Magaji, Alhaji Hussaini Maude-Dan’Ali, thanked the state government for initiating the dialogue and urged all parties to adhere to all the agreements reached during the dialogue.

"We are happy with the outcome of this meeting, we are going to continue to support government towards ensuring the success of this dialogue”, the emir said.

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/dialogue-bandits-commanders-agree-to-suspend-attacks-in-zamfara.html

Good one from the State Government and the Nigerian Police.

Peace is important.

Zamfara state has really suffered in the hands of this bandits anything that will make them achieve lasting peace is welcome.

Peace is cheaper but war...

Someone should please translate the title for me to calabar

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So they knew the BANDITS all these years?

I dey laugh o

How can you come to a solution without asking what the problem was in the first place ? Why did the Fulani terrorists go on a killing spree in Zamfara in the first place ? Now they seat at a round table, sip burukutu and tell victims families “everything is ok” you can go back to your daily activities Shock and awe tactics if ever there was one, next time those villagers wouldn’t stand against the Fulani terrorists trying to take over their land

bandist u say?

Those bandits should be arrested asap

How safe would they be?

Melison:
Peace is cheaper but war...

peace is costly bro

Nashawari added, “We believe with this dialogue,the Fulani can now go to markets, they can move freely without any hitch.”

Where are the cows? Is Evans a herdsman?
- Tinubu, July 2019


The criminals don't deny their crimes, but some stupid selfish slow pokes in human form will take it upon themselves to deny the crimes for the criminals.

Nigeria

This country is finished
Negotiating with bandits
They kill you rape you and burn you
And they still get to laugh at you


Go back at your own risk

Olukat:
So they knew the BANDITS all these years?

They were only playing hide and seek

Amnesty loading I'm very sure the herdsman in Aso rock wants to settle his kinsmen afteral militants from Niger delta had theirs

After killing several people a demon in human form dare to come out as bandits leader in the name of peace, why in the first place did he mobilize people and even armed them to gain what exactly? Government must be more serious and let people know the consequence of killing. Those who killed must be slaughter.
Let peace rain

then who'll pay for the innocent lives wasted?

Buhari is a criminal terrorist

I pity naija
Held hostage on so many fronts
It's barely functioning like a state with a government

My people perish because they lack wisdom
When the head of the fish is rotten the body is gone

Who changed the name from terrorists to bandits

,.Bandits now determine when pipu can go/com..Our men in blue N black and pythons are CRIPPLED. #SHAME

And once again, Nigeria has proven that the axiom "might is right" holds true. Well, at least from the shoddy way we handle our security.

All you have to do is form a small private army, pick up a gun and a couple of RPGs against the Nigerian State and kill a couple of hundreds to thousands and voilá, you will have the government's attention.

Watch these guys start making unreasonable demands from now on now that they know that they have the apparatus of State where they want it. It's really unfortunate.

It's about time the security agencies start thinking for their pay in order to be better placed beat these gangs at their game. The country can't keep paying off armed groups because I know for sure this is where this current charade is headed.

It is always best not to negotiate with terrorists. But when you have a faulty security architecture, what can you do?

More groups are gonna pop up and try to exploit this loophole over and over again.

When i said that these bandits were not faceless, some people call for my head just like Tinubu said Evans was responsible for kidnapping in the country(Lol) to please his masters in order to get 2023 ticket.
Let north hear this very clear, Niger Deltans were busy abducting white men and bombing the oil facilities to make their agitation known which they eventually get but Boko Haram and Bandits were busy killing and maiming their people and investors all ran away.