The federal government has banned mining activities in Zamfara state and also ordered foreigners operating in the mining fields in the area to close a
The federal government has banned mining activities in Zamfara state and also ordered foreigners operating in the mining fields in the area to close and leave within 48 hours. In addition, the government also launched a special operation to stop bandits in the state.
The acting inspector-general of police, Mohamed Adamu who disclosed this said the licences of individuals and companies that disobey the directive to stop the activities would be revoked with immediate effect.
He assured those living in the affected areas that the security services were doing their best to address the situation. On the sustained efforts to flush out, and permanently put an end to banditry and criminality in Zamfara, he said the police in collaboration with the military and other security services had commenced “Operation PUFF- ADDER”, a fullscale security offensive against the bandits.
“The operation is aimed at reclaiming every public space under the control of the bandits, arrest and bring to book all perpetrators of violence in the area and their collaborators, achieve a total destruction of all criminal camps and hideouts, mop up all illicit weapons fueling the violence and attain a full restoration of law and order in the affected communities,” he said.
This latest development comes 24 hours after some protesters marched to Aso Rock to draw attention to the security situation in Zamfara. Many have been killed while property worth millions of naira destroyed in attacks by armed men.
