“Ask Anybody, We Don’t Pay Bandits A Dime, We Only Extend Olive Branch To Them” – Matawalle

I PERSUADED THEM TO RELEASE THEM… GOVERNOR MATAWALLE OF ZAMFARA STATE.

In an exclusive interview with DAILY NIGERIAN, Governor Matawalle said he used repentant bandits and leadership of Miyetti Allah to identify the syndicate that led the abduction, and then started the negotiation process.

“When we established contact with them, I persuaded them to release them unharmed. And so they did tonight. This is not the first time we facilitated the release of our people without payment of ransom.

“Ask anybody, we don’t pay bandits a dime. What we do is to extend olive branch to them because they also want to live in peace.