Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has suspended the Emir of Birnin ‘Yandoto of Tsafe Local Government Area, Alhaji Aliyu Marafa, for conferring a chieftaincy title on a banditry kingpin, Ado Alero.
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Alero was turbaned as the Sarkin Fulani by the emir on Saturday. The ceremony was performed in Yandoto town, the headquarters of the emirate.
With his new title, Aliero is now the leader of the Fulani clan in the emirate.
According to PUNCH, the spokesperson of the emirate, Lawali Magaji, said, the title of Sarkin Fulani was conferred on Aliero considering his present status as a peace-maker within the emirate.
He said, “He has been trying to stop banditry within the emirate and we have seen positive changes.
“The conferment of the title of Sarkin Fulani on Adamu Aliero will give him more power to control the entire Fulani people within the emirate.
It will also enable him to checkmate the activities of the recalcitrant bandits and take action against them.”
The people of the community that were questioned said it was a way for them to make sure that they were not attacked, this was a way of making sure that they maintain peace.
They said Alairo had promised not to attacked the community for a while and he has kept his word. so for them, this is like a sure thing that would ensure that they are not killed.
Reacting to the news, Mariam Longe said, “It just goes to show that government is not reaching every part of Nigeria.
“That the people in the communities would rather trust in the bandits to protect them or not attack them than to trust in the structure of our government to protect them and people will constantly look for different ways to protect themselves.
“They have reported them before but they still come into their community and attack them.
“You know how you have an agreement with the devil, hoping that because of this agreement, as long as the devil is at peace, he will be happy.
“We are happy that the government has stepped in. Apart from just creating a committee, my question is, if there is a known bandits, how is he still walking around and being awarded and his other bandits are there at the event?”
Yeni Kuti said, ” My own problem with this issue is, it was a ceremony one, the Local Government Chairman was at the event, he made a speech at the event, they were police officers at the event, because you can’t have that kind of event without one or two police officers around.
“The terrorists did not come with any gun. They were so sure of their safety. “They came in with motorbikes, 100 of them, they rolled into the community and watch the ceremony.
“You see when people say, government officials know about this kind of thing, local government chairman is also part and parcel of the Government. Emir was put by government”.
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