Allow Citizens To Carry Guns, Bandits Not Ready To Surrender — Zamfara monarch

The chairman of Zamfara State Council of Chiefs and Emir of Anka
, Alhaji Attahiru Mohammed Ahmad has appealed to the state
government to allow people of the state to carry arms and defend
themselves against banditry.

Attahiru who paid a condolence visit to the Emir of Kaura-Namoda
attacked by bandits last week said, “Since the bandits refused to
surrender, the government should allow everyone to carry weapons
for self-defence.”

He said that the peace accord and reconciliation process
initiated by Governor Bello Matawalle would not end banditry in the
state because the bandits would never give up.

“One cannot make peace with people who are not ready to embrace
peace and reconciliation as initiated by the government”, he added.
According to him no single individual in this world is above the
power of the government unless the government does not want to
act.

He also urged governments at all levels to give the security
operatives the chance to deal with the bandits, stressing that
security operatives could handle the situation if given the chance
and weapons.

The Emir lamented that so far many Emirs in the country have
been subjected to a series of attacks by bandits.

“Last year, the Emir of Potiskum was attacked. Here in Zamfara,
Emir of Bukkuyum was also attacked and his orderly was killed in
the process and the Emir of Yauri”, he stressed.

“So, the only option is to allow people depend themselves,
because the issue is getting out of control and there is no hope in
sight”, concluded Anka Emir

The chairman of Zamfara State Council of Chiefs and Emir of Anka
, Alhaji Attahiru Mohammed Ahmad has appealed to the state
government to allow people of the state to carry arms and defend
themselves against banditry.

Attahiru who paid a condolence visit to the Emir of Kaura-Namoda
attacked by bandits last week said, “Since the bandits refused to
surrender, the government should allow everyone to carry weapons
for self-defence.”

He said that the peace accord and reconciliation process
initiated by Governor Bello Matawalle would not end banditry in the
state because the bandits would never give up.

“One cannot make peace with people who are not ready to embrace
peace and reconciliation as initiated by the government”, he added.
According to him no single individual in this world is above the
power of the government unless the government does not want to
act.

He also urged governments at all levels to give the security
operatives the chance to deal with the bandits, stressing that
security operatives could handle the situation if given the chance
and weapons.

The Emir lamented that so far many Emirs in the country have
been subjected to a series of attacks by bandits.

“Last year, the Emir of Potiskum was attacked. Here in Zamfara,
Emir of Bukkuyum was also attacked and his orderly was killed in
the process and the Emir of Yauri”, he stressed.

“So, the only option is to allow people depend themselves,
because the issue is getting out of control and there is no hope in
sight”, concluded Anka Emir