Some armed bandits and cattle rustlers have surrendered their weapons to the Nigerian Army in Zamfara, a statement from Sani Usman, a spokesperson for the force has said.
Some of the weapons handed over by the rustlers and gunmen
Usman said the repentance by the armed bandits and rustlers followed the peace initiative by the Zamfara state government together with 1 division of the Nigerian Army which started in 2016.
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The statement said: “On Wednesday 8th March 2017, repentant armed bandits and local vigilante group called ‘Yansakai’ in Ruwan Tofa, ‘Yar Galadima and Babban Doka in Maru local government area, Danwaren Daji in Tsafe local government area, as well as Mada in Gusau local government area of Zamfara state, handed over large quantities of dangerous arms and ammunition.
A cache of weapons handed over by the gunmen and cattle rustlers
“These include 3 AK-47 Rifles, 1 foreign made pistol, 1,169 dane guns, 323 locally made pistols, 54 X locally made revolvers, 102 locally made multi-barrel pistols and 22 X locally made double barrel rifles.
Some of the weapons
“The weapons were handed over to the 223 battalion, 1 brigade Nigerian Army in the presence of some state government officials and representatives of the various heads of security agencies in the state.
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“Over the last few months over a thousand assorted weapons have been surrendered across the North West Zone.”
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