{"id":81357,"date":"2021-09-11T21:17:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-11T20:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=81357"},"modified":"2021-09-11T21:17:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T20:17:42","slug":"bandits-will-no-longer-get-amnesty-bello-matawalle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/11\/bandits-will-no-longer-get-amnesty-bello-matawalle\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandits will no longer get amnesty &#8211; Bello Matawalle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Zamfara state, Bello Matawalle has stated that his administration will no longer grant amnesty to bandits<\/p>\n<p>Matawale had earlier stated that\u00a0dialogue remains the best option to tackle banditry in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Matawalle while speaking after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/05\/ipob-amnesty-international-reveals-number-of-people-killed-by-security-forces-in-south-east\/\">attending<\/a> the Juma\u2019at prayer on Friday said amnesty offered to bandits no longer stands as many of them had failed to embrace peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy administration will no longer grant amnesty to bandits as they have failed to embrace the peace initiative earlier extended to them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPoliticians should fear God and stop buying motorcycles to distribute to people who, in turn, sell to bandits to perpetuate their evil acts.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The governor also said the recent raids by security agencies against bandits had prompted them to seek dialogue with the government, but added that his administration is committed to ensuring peace in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey sent committee to us, begging that we suspend the ban on transportation of food items and allow them to supply, but I refused,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have ensured that whatever God has directed us to do, we did. So, what we are doing now is to leave them to answer to God. What we are doing now is to fight with them day and night and we are together with you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the grace of God, whatever you see, it is you (residents) that will help the government. Like yesterday, we sent security operatives and got the report that most of the bandits are escaping to other regions because of the suffering they are undergoing here in Zamfara.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResidents of Zamfara should cooperate with the government and stop transporting food items, firewood, petrol, motorcycles. Those used by the bandits for their operations and politicians who are distributing motorcycles to the bandits should stop. They should fear God and desist from the act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In another development, Ayuba Elkanah, police commissioner in Zamfara, has suspended the movement of motorcycles with clutches in 13 LGAs in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Zamfara state, Bello Matawalle has stated that his administration will no longer grant amnesty to bandits Matawale had earlier stated that\u00a0dialogue remains the best option to tackle banditry in the country. Matawalle while speaking after attending the Juma\u2019at prayer on Friday said amnesty offered to bandits no longer stands as many of them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":3716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1600,754,210,1241,641],"class_list":["post-81357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-amnesty","tag-banditry","tag-bandits","tag-bello-matawalle","tag-zamfara-state"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bandits will no longer get amnesty - Bello Matawalle<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Governor of Zamfara state, Bello Matawalle has stated that his administration will no longer grant amnesty to bandits\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/11\/bandits-will-no-longer-get-amnesty-bello-matawalle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bandits will no longer get amnesty - Bello Matawalle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor of Zamfara state, Bello Matawalle has stated that his administration will no longer grant amnesty to bandits Matawale had earlier stated\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/11\/bandits-will-no-longer-get-amnesty-bello-matawalle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SodiqAdewaleChocomilo?mibextid=ZbWKwL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-11T20:17:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/kunlenet07\/2021\/03\/10\/Matawalle.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@OChocomilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/11\\\/bandits-will-no-longer-get-amnesty-bello-matawalle\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/11\\\/bandits-will-no-longer-get-amnesty-bello-matawalle\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452\"},\"headline\":\"Bandits will no longer get amnesty &#8211; 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