From : Our Reporter
Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara state has commiserated with Sokoto government over the recent heartbreaking incident where a bus alighting from Sabon Birni village in the state was intercepted and set ablaze by suspected bandits.
In a statement issued to newsmen by the Special Adviser to Governor Matawalle on Public Enlightement, Media and Publication, Mallam Zailani Bappa stated that the governor who is currently on a working visit to the UAE was visibly shaken and momentarily dumb-founded by the news of this new development where bandits will now set travellers ablaze.
Governor Bello Matawallen who was shocked on hearing the episode according to the statement, said the demised of 42 persons reported by media organisations was not only dastardly but a glaring sign of the desperate attempt by the bandits to further instill fear and apprehension across the North-West region following the sustainable offensive against their nefarious activities.
“We in Zamfara state are familiar with many of their antics which is seemingly assuming different dimensions. We share at this moment our deep sympathy to those who lost their dear ones and pray that God Almighty will accept the matyrdom of the deceased”, Governor Matawalle emphatically prayed.
While extending to his counter part and indeed a brother, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal the solidarity of Zamfara people over the attacked Governor Bello Matawallen stressed that together, the two states shall continue to join hands in fighting these miscreants so as to free our people from the present bondage and fear created by their nefarious activities in the region.
He said that now, more than ever before, the states in the North-Western region must further put their acts together to finish the good works already started which is increasingly making impact on the bandits and their enclaves.
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