KATSINA—Stress has begun to ease throughout components of Katsina State following a peace settlement reached between a bunch of bandits and neighborhood leaders from a number of native authorities areas beneath the Federal Authorities’s Operation Protected Hall initiative.
Based on counter-insurgency skilled, Zagazola Makama, the truce was sealed on October 12, 2025, throughout an important dialogue held at Kakumi Village in Bakori Native Authorities Space.
The assembly introduced collectively representatives from Bakori, Kafur, Malumfashi, Kankara, and Funtua LGAs, alongside distinguished bandit leaders working throughout the Funtua zone.
Sources revealed that the talks aimed to finish years of recurring assaults, killings, and abductions which have devastated communities throughout southern Katsina.
The peace dialogue, which lasted over three hours—from 2:00 p.m. to five:15 p.m.—was described as peaceable and constructive.
Group representatives on the assembly included Abdurrahman Kandarawa (Bakori), Abubakar Musa Barde (Kafur), Bature Dan Kanjiba (Malumfashi), Audu Goya (Funtua), and Kasimu Dantsoho (Kankara).
Conventional rulers additionally participated, amongst them the District Head of Bakori, Ado Bello; Galadiman Katsina, Abdullahi Mahuta of Malumfashi; Danejen Katsina, Abdulkadir of Kafur; and Sarkin Maskan Katsina of Funtua.
Representing the bandits have been Ado Aleru of Yankuzo in Zamfara State, Isiya Kwashen Garwa of Guga Ward in Bakori, Babaro of Gidan Gamji in Kankara, and Iliya Zango Dan Sabau, additionally from Kankara.
On the finish of the assembly, either side reportedly agreed to an instantaneous cessation of hostilities, restoration of regulation and order, and a dedication to peaceable coexistence between the affected communities and repentant bandit teams.
Observers say the most recent improvement marks one other main step within the state’s ongoing reconciliation efforts. Related peace conferences have been beforehand held in June and September beneath the Operation Protected Hall framework, geared toward encouraging dialogue over confrontation.
Residents have expressed cautious optimism, hoping the truce will deliver lasting peace to the area that has lengthy suffered from violence, displacement, and insecurity.
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