By Aideloje Ojo
Minna
The Katsina State government is ready to rehabilitate any terrorist who Willingly lay down his arms and embrace peace but will not enter negotiations with the terrorists.
The state’s commissioner for information Bala Zango stated this on Thursday in a chat with journalists in Niger State.
He said that the activities of terrorism in the State has been degraded to about 70 percent.
Zango spoke on the sidelines of the ongoing quarterly conference of Commissioners of Information from APC states in Minna organised by the Progressives Governors Forum.
He said, ” the remaining unrepentant terrorists operate at the border areas of the state and forests. It is the communities that are negotiating with the bandits out of fear not the state government “.
According to Zango, “the state government maintains zero negotiation with the terrorists, but it is ready to rehabilitate any bandit that embraced peace”
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“25 local governments were under insecurity out of 34 local governments but now they have been pushed to the borders. They only operate in the borders and the forests”, he explained.
The Commissioner assured that any bandit that embraces peace would be rehabilitated and the state government would give him support and assistance.
“Any bandit thar decides to lay down his arm is accepted by the society and we are giving him a lot of rehabilitation, we give them support, we give them proper education and whatever it takes to make them a full member of the society,” Zango said.
