The spokesman for the Zamfara Governor, Sulaiman Bala Idris, has openly disagreed with the statement by Zamfara Circle that armed bandits in Zamfara now pay levies imposed on them by the bandits through the award of gold. Mr. Idris, in an interview with TVC News, insisted that such information from Zamfara Circle has not been substantiated by the security agencies, especially the police and DSS.
Regarding the protesters from Jimrawa who stormed the state government house demanding the deployment of security forces to their areas, Idris said they came to lodge their grievances with the federal government but only approached the government house because it was the closest government facility they could access.
He further stated that their grievance was addressed to the federal government, as demonstrated by the placards they were carrying.
He also debunked the insinuation that Governors in Nigeria are the Chief Security Officers of their respective states, noting that such an assertion was never true.
