In a swift response to the recent bandit attacks in Sunke- Anka LGA, the Zamfara state government has calles for an emergency security meeting with the Fulani leaders in the area where the attacks took place.
The Senior Special Assistant to governor Matawalle Bello Alh Dauran Abubakar summoned the meeting following the attacks by bandits on Sunke leaving 9 soldiers dead. While speaking to newsmen in Gusau on Saturday Alh Dauran said that the meeting was to forestall future occurrence.
Sunke attack was the first major security breach since the government initiated dialogue with bandits in the state.
Dauran confirmed that the earlier attack on Thursday left some soldiers and the attackers dead, while those injured are getting medical treatment at the Federal Medical Center, Gusau
According to Dauran , the attackers were from Niger State.
“Following the good relationship and understanding established with the bandits which led to their repentance in Zamfara, I can assure you that those attackers are not from Zamfara.
“Immediately after the attack, we reached out to the Fulani leaders in the state who confirmed to us that none of their members participated, but we have summoned a meeting with them to forestal a reoccurance,” he said.
Some eyewitnesses who spoke to correspont on the condition of anonymity, said the bandits that attacked the joint security outpost numbered over 200 and they had come on motorcycles.
The Army Authorities are yet to issue a statement on the attacks in which some of its men were slain.
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