{"id":73007,"date":"2022-09-25T17:07:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T16:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/zamfara-resident-blames-government-for-insecurity-in-state"},"modified":"2022-09-25T18:25:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T17:25:32","slug":"zamfara-resident-blames-government-for-insecurity-in-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/zamfara-resident-blames-government-for-insecurity-in-state","title":{"rendered":"Zamfara resident blames government for insecurity in state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A farmer in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Modibo Usman has lamented that he has not been to his farms for over two years because of the lingering bandits\u2019 activities in the State.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with DAILY POST in Gusau, the State capital, Usman explained that he has even abandoned his village with his family and relocated to Gusau, the State capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the bandits have refused to cease fire and give people the freedom to go about their legitimate endeavours, the only option left is to run away from the area and come to a safe place,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though Gusau being the state capital is not also very safe as we continue hearing of attacks by bandits in Damba and other areas of Gusau\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Usman said that he regrets leaving his village for Gusau because of banditry activities, saying there was no option left for him as a notable farmer in Zurmi Local Government Area of the State but to run away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very sure that the state government does not want the common masses to live, that is why the people at the corridors of power do not want the banditry activities to end because they are not feeling the pains like ordinary citizens\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are farmers and depend on farming but now we don\u2019t have access to our farms as the bandits continue roaring like wounded lions as if they have been offended by the innocent citizens of the state\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be sincere before God and man, the government knows what is happening about this dreaded menace but they refuse to take action but continued telling us that it will soon come to an end which we do not believe\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil the bandits kill everyone before the operations would come to an end and if the bandits kill everyone, who will be there to vote for the power-drunk politicians\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not going back to my village or farms until the government settles this issue of banditry activities in the State because we are all aggrieved\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201d The government is not doing anything to end these dastardly acts that have bedevils the entire State but keep on with its empty propaganda that it was on top of the issue \u201c<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A farmer in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Modibo Usman has lamented that he has not been to his farms for over two years because of the lingering bandits\u2019 activities in the State. Speaking with DAILY POST in Gusau, the State capital, Usman explained that he has even abandoned his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":73006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,16,26],"tags":[1570,2140,363,254,150],"class_list":["post-73007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-parties","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-insecurity","tag-nigeria","tag-zamfara"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zamfara resident blames government for insecurity in state - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A farmer in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Modibo Usman has lamented that he has not been to his farms fo ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/zamfara-resident-blames-government-for-insecurity-in-state\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zamfara resident blames government for insecurity in state\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A farmer in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Modibo Usman has lamented that he has not been to his farms fo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/zamfara-resident-blames-government-for-insecurity-in-state\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-25T16:07:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-25T17:25:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_10-63308ef57f0fe.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/zamfara-resident-blames-government-for-insecurity-in-state#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/zamfara-resident-blames-government-for-insecurity-in-state\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zamfara resident blames government for insecurity in state\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-25T16:07:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-25T17:25:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/zamfara-resident-blames-government-for-insecurity-in-state\"},\"wordCount\":396,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/zamfara-resident-blames-government-for-insecurity-in-state#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_10-63308ef57f0fe.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"insecurity\",\"Nigeria\",\"Zamfara\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Parties\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/zamfara-resident-blames-government-for-insecurity-in-state#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/zamfara-resident-blames-government-for-insecurity-in-state\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/zamfara-resident-blames-government-for-insecurity-in-state\",\"name\":\"Zamfara resident blames government for insecurity in state - 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