A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Katsina State, Dr. Mustapha Inuwa, has faulted ongoing peace negotiations with bandits, describing them as meaningless because the armed teams aren’t surrendering their weapons.
Inuwa, a former Secretary to the State Authorities, mentioned bandits have continued to hold out assaults in components of the state regardless of claims of progress within the peace course of.
He famous that in lots of the negotiation conferences, bandits have been brazenly seen with rifles and wearing navy camouflage, elevating doubts concerning the sincerity of the train.
Each day Publish gathered that Katsina has witnessed a number of peace offers with bandits through the years, but assaults have continued. Residents typically specific worry throughout dialogue classes as lots of the armed teams attend such conferences closely armed.
Peace conferences in some frontline native governments are reportedly held nearly each weekend, however communities nonetheless come below assault shortly after the dialogues.
In line with Inuwa, peace can’t be sustained if bandits retain their weapons and proceed to topic villagers to pressured labour.
“The federal government should make sure the disarmament of the bandits earlier than any peace deal will be significant,” he mentioned.
