Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has disclosed that there are 30,000 armed bandits in the state and five other Northern states.
This was made known through the State Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Magaji Dosara, at a press briefing in Kaduna on Friday, April 2.
Governor Matawalle said that there are over 100 bandits camp in Zamfara, Kebbi, Sokoto, Niger, Kaduna and Katsina, and each camp has no fewer than 300 members.
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He noted that the Federal Government does not have adequate troops to fight bandits across the region, stressing that there are less than 6,000 troops operating operating across North-West states.
