{"id":1158,"date":"2021-02-23T12:40:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T11:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2021-02-23T12:43:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T11:43:55","slug":"matawalle-negotiating-with-bandits-is-not-a-sign-of-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/02\/23\/matawalle-negotiating-with-bandits-is-not-a-sign-of-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Matawalle: Negotiating with bandits is not a sign of failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Executive Governor of Zamfara State, Matawalle has disclosed that\u00a0negotiating with bandits is not a sign of failure.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed on Monday, February 22 <span style=\"text-transform: initial\">by the Zamfara governor while receiving three repentant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/02\/21\/bandits-raze-church-two-houses-in-kaduna\/\">bandits<\/a><\/span>\u00a0who surrendered their weapons and embraced his administration\u2019s peace deal.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-transform: initial\">\u201cIt is not a failure or thing of failure for someone to initiate dialogue. 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