REPENTANT ARMED BANDITS AND VIGILANTES SURRENDER WEAPONS TO TROOPS OF I DIVISION NIGERIAN ARMY

Following the peace initiative by the Zamfara state government together with 1 Division Nigerian Army which started in 2016, repentant armed bandits and livestock rustlers have continued to surrender their weapons to the military in the State.
On Wednesday 8th March 2017, repentant armed bandits and local vigilante group called “’Yansakai” in Ruwan Tofa, ‘Yar Galadima and Babban Doka in Maru Local Government Area, Danwaren Daji in Tsafe Local Government Area, as well as Mada in Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State, handed over large quantities of dangerous arms and ammunition.

TROOPS AVERT BANDITS ATTACK IN ZAMFARA STATE, 18 KILLED

The Nigerian Troops of 223 Battalion, 1 Brigade Nigerian Army have averted another attack on Dansadau town in Zamfara state by suspected cattle rustlers and armed bandits yesterday Wednesday 4th May 2016. The troops who were on patrol were alerted by well meaning individuals on seeing the bandits.

Confirming the incident,  Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman who is the Acting Director Army Public Relations said the patrol team laid an ambush for the suspected cattle rustlers and armed bandits who came in large numbers on motorcycles fully armed. It was gathered that they were enroute Ruwan Tofa and Babban Doka Villages in Dansadau District of Maru Local Government Area, Zamfara State to wreck havoc on the hapless innocents of those communities.