Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State yesterday raised the alarm that armed bandits operating in the state possess more weapons than the security agencies in the state.
Daily Trust reports that, in the last five years, Zamfara has been facing the menace of armed banditry. Thousands of people have been killed, while kidnapping has become a daily affair in the state.
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