Following allegations that traditional rulers in the state are aiding and abetting banditry which has unprecedentedly claimed many lives in the recent times, the Emir Of Zamfara, Dr Attahiru Ahmed said Defence Minister, Brig. Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali would have been fired for his false accusations.
The Chairman of the Zamfara state council of chiefs said if Brig. Gen. Dan-Ali was serious in combating the atrocities of criminal bandit groups in the Zamfara, he would have relocated back to the state since he hails from there himself (Birnin Magaji Local Government Area of Zamfara State).
In a heated interview granted The Punch over the weekend, the emir called on Northerners leaders not to overlook the "serious" allegations made against them by the Defence minister.
According to him, “It is very unfortunate for the defence minister to accuse us of aiding banditry. If it were in another country, the minister would have been fired because it is a very serious allegation. He said it was not only the traditional rulers in Zamfara that were aiding the bandits but even those in other parts of the North. But we kept quiet because he is our own. Go to his local government area and see what is happening. So, as a defence minister, he should have relocated there.”
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