Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State, has alleged sponsors of banditry and terrorism in the state.
It would be recalled that bandit terrorists on Tuesday night kidnapped five students of the College of Health Technology in Tsafe town, Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara.
The gunmen according to reports invaded the town on motorbikes at night and started shooting sporadically into the air to scare away residents.
The terrorists then proceeded to kidnap the students from their hostels outside the school campus to an unknown destination.
While reacting to the attack, Matawalle said criminals terrorising the state are being sponsored by respected and powerful people.
He was reacting to the abduction of five female students of the College of Health Science and Technology, in Tsafe area of the State by bandits.
Matawalle said further that bandits have recruited some residents of the State as informants.
The government asserted this in a statement signed by his Media Aide, Zailani Bappa. He said: “Strong facts indicate that the recurrence of banditry in the State is aided and abetted mostly by powerful indigenes. Some of these people are strong personalities who the people respect.
“There are also, among the generality of the citizens, people who receive paltry sums of money to serve as informants to bandits.”
