Matawalle gives matching orders on rescue of Jangebe school girls

The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle has called on security agents to ensure the safe return of the abducted girls of Jangebe School.

The visibly disturbed Governor also charged Service Chiefs to avoid collateral damage in their rescue efforts.

It would be recalled that early on Friday morning, bandits, in their numbers, stormed and kidnapped over 300 girls some at Jangebe, a town under Talata Mafara Local Government Area of the state.

A statement by the Special Adviser to the Matawalle on Media, Zailani Bappa, said; “Governor Matawalle was really distraughted after receiving the sad news. He has therefore directed the security agents to as quickly as possible ensure the safe return of the abducted schoolgirls and also warn that the state government will not accept any  collateral damage.”

The statement reads further: “This sad events happened at a time when more than 300 bandits willingly surrendered their arms to embrace the state government’s dialogue initiatives accord of the present administration of Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle, in his efforts to make Zamfara State free from bandits attack and embrace peaceful coexistence between the famers and the Fulani in the state.”

As at the time of filling this reports, thousands of security agents and some locals have given the state government the assurance that all the necessary measures would be put in place to make sure the rescue and safe return of the abducted schoolgirls.

The kidnap attack, according to government officials, started around 2:00am this morning.