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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has revealed that negotiating with bandits is not a sign of weakness or failure.<\/p>\n

Speaking while receiving three repentant bandits who embraced his administration\u2019s peace deal, Matawalle said initiating dialogue with bandits or terrorist can never be a sign of failure.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not a failure or a thing of failure for someone to initiate dialogue. Nowhere in the world is succeeding without coming to the table to sit down and negotiate.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust for today, the weapons we have here show and indicate the successes we have recorded. We all know the dangers that comes with leaving this kind of dangerous weapons in the bush.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy bringing them to the security agencies, we have reduced their capacity and capability.<\/p>\n

\u201cAllowing these bandits to keep carrying out their weapons and havoc around our communities as well as other states has landed the country in the terrible state it\u2019s in currently,\u201d Gov Matawalle said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has revealed that negotiating with bandits is not a sign of weakness or failure. Speaking while receiving three repentant bandits who embraced his administration\u2019s peace deal, Matawalle said initiating dialogue with bandits or terrorist can never be a sign of failure. \u201cIt is not a failure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":37661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,591,2044,254],"class_list":["post-37662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-bandits","tag-matawalle","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nNegotiating with bandits does not mean I\u2019m weak \u2013 Gov. 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