By Akinwale Kasali
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina has taken the blame for the attacks on Katsina State people by armed bandits.
Addressing the Media at the Government House in Katsina, Governor Masari said he has failed in protecting the residents of the state from bandits.
Masari said he is a very unhappy person because the people have never had rest since he came on board as governor.
He said the bandits were “worse than animals” because they kill indiscriminately.
“I don’t know what to tell my peopl. I cannot look at them in the face because we have failed to protect them, contrary to our pledge to ensure the security of lives and property throughout the state,” he said.
“I never expected the behaviour and the attitude of people living in the forests, the bandits, whose behaviour is worse than that of animals. In the forest, a lion or a tiger kills only when it is hungry and it doesn’t kill all animals, it only kills the one it can eat at a time.
“But what we see here is that bandits come to town, spray bullets, kill indiscriminately for no purpose and no reason whatsoever, like the recent massacre of people at Faskari and parts of Dandume local government area. They just killed the people. How can a human being behave the way an animal cannot behave?
“Our role is to complement efforts of the security agencies for which I believe we are doing nothing less than 90 per cent in terms of whatever is expected of us, based on resources available to us,” he said.
The comments of the Governor came after the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari and Northern Governors have failed in their responsibility to protect lives.
President Buhari is from Katrina.
Masari’s administration pulled out of a peace deal with bandits which it had with them before the issue of insecurity worsened in the State.
