No fewer than four bandit leaders on Thursday denounced their illegal activities in Katsina state and surrendered 45 rustled cattle, two General Purpose machine guns, 24 AK 47 assault rifles, 109 GMPG ammunition, 95 7.62MM Live Ammunition, among others.
Katsina State, is one of the states worst hit by the activities of bandits across the country.
Last December, over 300 pupils from a boy’s secondary boarding school in Kankara were kidnapped
The boys were released within a week after successful negotiations with the kidnappers, the Katsina government said.
It is however, not yet clear whether the bandits who surrendered on Thursday were granted amnesty.
The Federal Government has rejected the notion of amnesty for bandits but some state governments, especially those in the North-West, have been quite open to the idea.
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