Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State, Northwestern Nigeria, has said he is willing to resign if it will guarantee security for the people of his State.
Matawalle disclosed this in an online programme which was closely monitored by Control TV on Wednesday.
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“I am not intimidated. If I know that my resigning as a governor will make the people sleep with their two eyes closed, I can resign.
“I am ready to do what will bring security. I am not power-hungry. I have been having a sleepless night to protect the people of Zamfara state,” he said.
Matawalle’s statement comes a day after the kidnapped 279 schoolgirls from Government Girls Secondary School, Jengebe, were freed.
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The State Governor opened up that some repentant bandits helped to facilitate the release of the schoolgirls.
He further stated that his government has never given money to repentant bandits, adding that they only engaged them in skills acquisition.
“People are saying amnesty, it is not about amnesty. What amnesty means maybe is the federal government provides some huge amount of money,” he said.
“Nobody gave amnesty to these people (referring to repentant bandits), we only convince them to give them some trading in various skills as skills acquisition.
“We are not giving them kobo, we are not giving them anything. People talk about amnesty, is like people are thinking that huge amount of money was collected and given to them.
“No single kobo was given to them, any of them who repented, nothing was given to them.”
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