Disgruntled elements recruiting Boko Haram members to cause mayhem in Zamfara, says Gov. Matawalle

Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has raised the alarm that intelligence reports indicated that some disgruntled people in the state were planning to use the dreaded Boko Haram sect to cause mayhem in the state.

Governor Matawalle added that security report showed that the misguided elements were currently collaborating with Boko Haram elements in a bid to scuttle the relative peace being currently enjoyed as a result of the peace and dialogue process initiated by his administration.

The governor made the revelation through the Director-General, Press Affairs, Malam Idris Yusuf Gusau, while addressing journalists at the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Secretariat, in Gusau, the state capital.

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Governor Matawalle also claimed that the Boko Haram members had been recruited from far and wide to carry out the heinous acts slated between Monday, 23 September to October 25, 2019.

His words, “According to the intelligence report, the cruel and mischievous elements have perfected plans to launch the attacks in seven local Government areas of the state and in other strategic places within the state capital.

“According to the report two important personalities of the the state are also targeted for elimination should this dastardly act succeed”, he said.