Twenty-six girls who were kidnapped from a village in Katsina State have been rescued by the Zamfara State government through its peace deal with the bandits.
Receiving the kidnapped victims at the Government House Gusau, Governor Bello Mohammed explained that, despite a myriad of challenges his administration inherited, it is, however, utilizing the meagre resources at its disposal to tackle them, especially insecurity.
Governor Mohammed encouraged the relevant stakeholders to adopt the carrot and stick approach to deal with the prevailing banditry in the Northwest geopolitical zone.
He advised that if dialogue fails to bring the desired results, force should be applied to end the menace of banditry in the zone. The young girls who spent one week in captivity are between the ages of eight and eighteen.
