BY: News Peddlers
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Nigerians across the northern region have reacted angrily to the Zamfara State government's decision to pardon terror kingpin Bello Turji of violent crimes against humanity.
In a statement issued on Sunday, the Zamfara State government stated that the notorious bandits' leader had repented and embraced peace after years of kidnapping, rape, stealing, and killing innocent citizens.
On August 21, 2022, SaharaReporters reported that the Zamfara State Government said the notorious leader of bandit gangs in North-West Nigeria, Muhammad Bello, aka Bello Turji, had embraced its peace initiative.
Senator Hassan Nasiha, Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, made the announcement at a security conference organized by the Students Union of Medina University in Gusau, the state capital.
Nasiha had praised Turji for his decision to abandon banditry, claiming that his actions had resulted in relative peace in the state's Birnin Magaji, Shinkafi, and Zurmi local government areas.
Many Nigerians, on the other hand, took to social media to condemn the statement.
Several such citizens are perplexed as to how a man who has been on the police wanted list for years for committing heinous terrorist acts against the country could receive such praise.
Police have charged Turji with violent crimes in Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, and other states in the country's northwest.
Meanwhile, Nigerians on Facebook and Twitter have warned against any plans to grant the terrorist amnesty.
@kabirMukhtar91 said, "I cannot understand why the government of Zamfara State is bothering us with the issue of Bello Turji; every time the security forces take action to end banditry in the state, he shows up to say he has embrace peace or repented."
@ChNdozieNGR said, "We've heard stories like this before. Gunmen don't repent. Peace deal with gunmen has never worked, and will never work."
@Abou_Sidra_ said "There are questions that the Zamfara government needs to answer on the peace agreement it signed with the bandit leader Bello Turji. Who gave him the license and weapons to kill the other bandits. Who is paying the compensation?"
@rotimiinlagos said, "Repentance? What kind of repentance? Where is the question of justice for those he killed, and the disaster he caused? Did he pay for his destructions? Is there any money he returned? Repentance?! Discard the dummy!!!
@AdamsUsaubu said, "It's a lie. He will go back to his job as a gunman."
@zaheedayoola said, "Don't believe the liar. Send him to his creator to judge him.”
SOURCE: SAHARAREPORTERS