Banditry: Zamfara Donates Security Vehicles To Niger Republic

The government of Zamfara State has donated five new Hilux cars to the Niger Republic’s government for special security border patrol.

This was said in a statement issued in Gusau on Saturday and signed by Jamilu Birnin-Magaji, the Press Secretary of Governor Bello Matawalle.

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The donation, according to Birnin-Magaji, was made in fulfillment of Matawalle’s promise to provide the country with patrol cars and other security logistics in the fight against banditry.

“The vehicles were presented by Governor Matawalle to the Governor of Maradi Region, Alhaji Abubakar Shu’aibou, at a ceremony held at Government House, Gusau.”

The vehicles, according to the governor, would provide special border patrol in Maradi and other sections of the Niger Republic that share borders with Zamfara, Katsina, and Sokoto.

In response, Maradi Region Governor Shu’aibou told Matawalle that the vehicles would be used to combat bandits and “other horrific crimes, notably near the Maradi border.”

Matawalle paid a visit to President Mohamed Bazoum of the Niger Republic in Niamey in December 2021, when the two leaders agreed to explore new areas of cooperation.

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