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Residents of Mereri and Damba areas of Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, have cried out, lamenting that they have suffered a lot at the hands of terrorists and calling on the federal and state governments to take urgent steps to safeguard them.<\/p>\n

Addressing newsmen in Gusau, one of the traditional leaders of Damba, Alhaji Mustapha Usman, said: \u201cWhy should both the federal and state governments abandon us to the terrorists? We don\u2019t sleep with our two eyes closed, as the bandits are ravaging seriously in these areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cDamba and Mereri have become the hub of banditry and they can enter these places at will and operate anytime without any security operatives challenging them.<\/p>\n

\u201cA few days ago, they kidnapped a reverend father and up until now, nobody knows the whereabouts of the priest and Nigeria is jubilating that she is an independent country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are facing a serious security challenge in Zamfara State but no one can solve the teething problem. This has been happening for over a decade but no one has tried to find out the roots of these problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another leader from Mereri also lamented that both the federal and state governments have abandoned them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe voted for governments to help us solve this insecurity situation but everyone pretends that nothing is going on in the state,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u2018FG, state government abandoned us to kidnappers\u2019 \u2013 Zamfara communities<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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