Zamfara state government to declare death penalty on bandits informants

Zamfara state governor Bello Matawalle has declared that the state government may soon start implementing death penalty on bandits’ informants in the state. The governor announced this when he visited Lilo village of Wonaka district in Gusau local government area of the state.

He was at the village to sympathize with the people over Saturday night bandits attack on the community which resulted in the death of eight persons and left 18 others with bullet and knife wounds. He said the government would not tolerate some citizens supporting bandits to carry out their criminal activities while pretending to be good fellows.

The governor cautioned Civilian Joint Task Force members to avoid taking the laws into their hands, saying that his administration would not tolerate extra judicial killings.