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The Zamfara State Government has said its dialogue and peace deal with bandits in the area has recorded tremendous success.
According to the state, in the two years of Governor Matawalle’s administration, over sixty-two bandits repented and embraced the peace initiative.
This disclosure was made by the state’s Commissioner of Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara on Thursday, during a press conference.
According to him, the peace deal has also led to the release of over 2000 kidnapped victims through the help of the repentant bandits.
The Commissioner also recalled that Governor Matawalle’s administration inherited the terrifying security challenges from the previous leadership of Governor Abdul-Aziz Yari, noting that the governor will not fold hands to watch his people being killed.
New revelations show how Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, allegedly launders hundreds of millions of Naira of state cash through proxies and state officials, award contracts without due process, award contracts to non-legal persons, and wanton circumvention of procurement procedures.
Other documented financial sharp practices by Bello also include, borrowing from non-capital markets, fraudulent loans, award of contracts to vested interests, payments without transaction descriptions and award of contracts to non existing companies.
According to a Kogi based transparency group, Anti-Corruption Network, Bello allegedly ordered the transfer of a total of N735,596,904 (Seven Hundred and Thirty Five Million, Five Hundred and Ninety Six Thousand, Nine Hundred and Four Naira) to SANUSI BELLO IBRAHIM without description with the highest sum as N134,101,935 (One Hundred and Thirty-Four Million, One Hundred and One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Thirty- Five Naira) on the 18th December, 20