Aminu Masari,
Governor of Katsina, says he has failed in protecting the residents of the
State from bandits.
Speaking with
reporters at the Government House in Katsina, Masari said he is a very unhappy
person because the people have never had rest since he came on board as
Governor.
He said the bandits
were “worse than animals” because they kill indiscriminately.
“I don’t know what
to tell them. I cannot look at them in the face because we have failed to
protect them, contrary to our pledge to ensure the security of lives and
property throughout the State,” he said.
“I never expected
the behaviour and the attitude of people living in the forests, the bandits,
whose behaviour is worse than that of animals.
In the forest, a
lion or a tiger kills only when it is hungry and it doesn’t kill all animals,
it only kills the one it can eat at a time.
“But what we see
here is that bandits come to town, spray bullets, kill indiscriminately for no
purpose and no reason whatsoever, like the recent massacre of people at Faskari
and parts of Dandume Local Government Area.
They just killed
the people. How can a human being behave the way an animal cannot behave?”
The Governor added
there are no innocent people in the forests.
“Our role is to
complement efforts of the security agencies for which I believe we are doing
nothing less than 90 percent in terms of whatever is expected of us, based on
resources available to us,” he said.
Masari’s comment
comes after the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) alleged that President Muhammadu
Buhari and Northern Governors have failed in their responsibility to protect
lives.
Masari’s
Administration had pulled out of a peace deal he initially made with the
bandits.
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