Zamfara Govt Closes 11 Cattle Markets Over Banditry Practices
The Government of Zamfara State has shut down eleven cattle markets across the state until further notice.
This is as security reports reveal that bandits were using those markets to sell their rustled cows.
Munnir Haidara, the State Commissioner of Information, expressed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Gusau on Thursday noting that the bandits are conniving with some unscrupulous elements to sell off their rustled cows in those markets.
The affected markets, according to the commissioner, include the Tsafe and Bilbis markets in the Tsafe Local Government Area, the Jangebe market in Talata-Mafara LGA, and the Wuya market in the Anka area.
Other markets were the Magazine Diddi market in Maradun LGA, Galadi market in Shinkafi LGA, Mada market in Gusau LGA, and Sabon Birnin Danali in Birnin Magaji LGA.
The rest are Kokiya, Chigama, and Nasarawar Godel markets all in Birnin Magaji LGA.
Haidara stated that the state government had directed the security agents to ensure total compliance and arrest any person who violated the order.
“The security personnel have since been directed to arrest any person found in these affected markets,” he added.
He also called on the people of the state to abide by the order and cooperate with the state government in its efforts to rid the state of banditry.
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