BANDITRY: It’s Hausa-Fulani war, Zamfara traces origin of hostilities
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*Since the killing of Fulani leader in 2013, Fulani launched aggression against Housa
*In 8 yrs Bandits have collected N970m as ransom, killed 2,619, displaced 100,000, kidnapped 1,190, rustled 14,378 animals
*Now there are 100 camps with no fewer than 300 bandits in each camp with sophisticated weapons\
By Ibrahim Hassan Wuyo
Records from Zamfara state show that more than 100,000 people were displaced from their ancestral homes while 2,619 people were killed by bandits between 2011 and 2019 in the state,
the commissioner of information in Zamfara state, Hon Ibrahim Magaji Dosara has said.
“This is in addition to the One Thousand One hundred and Ninety people kidnapped by the bandits,” he added.