The Zamfara state Governor, Bello Mohammed Matawalle has described reports by some media organizations that he said he would end banditry in the state within four days as misleading.
The director-general on media to the Governor, Yusuf Idris stated this in a statement on Monday.
The Governor said he was quoted out of context during a sympathy visit by the All Progressives Governors Forum led by the forum’s chairman and governor of Kebbi state, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu over the resurgence of banditry attacks in the state.
Idris said, Governor Matawalle told the governors that in the next four days he will hold a meeting with all the stakeholders in the state in order to review his administration’s fight against armed bandits, assuring that the outcome of the meeting will bring a strategy to end banditry in the state.
“There was nowhere in his speech that he mentioned or promised to end banditry within four days as mischievously reported by some conventional media for reasons known to them”.
The Director General also call on all the media organizations that have already published the misleading story to retract it and make all the necessary corrections for the members of public to know what the Governor actually said.
“We are appealing to journalists in the state to always clarify their story before going to press”. The statement said.
