Governor Bello Matawalle has revealed that there are 30,000 armed bandits in Zamfara and five other northern states.

Speaking through the newly appointed State Commissioner for information Alhaji Ibrahim Magaji Dosara at a news briefing in Kaduna on Friday, April 2, Matawalle started that there are over 100 bandits camps in Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina, Kaduna, and Niger, and each camp has no fewer than 300 members.

The Governor who pointed out that the Federal Government does not have adequate troops to fight the bandits across the region revealed that less than 6000 troops are operating across North-West states.

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