Contrary to the assertion of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, his
Kaduna counterpart, the Governor Zamfara, Bello Matawalle, has affirmed that he will continue to
negotiate with bandits who are terrorising his state to convince them to drop
their gun and stop their criminal activities.
Speaking in Yola, the capital of Adamawa State on Wednesday,
Matawalle said dialogue remains the only option to end banditry in the country.
His position was contrary to that canvassed in an interview
with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), on Monday
by El-Rufai.
The Kaduna Governor had insisted in the interview that
rather than negotiation or offer of amnesty, any bandit arrested in his state