The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on Feb. 7, the Zamfara government in an attempt to quell banditry in the state initiated the peace accord.
The policy is another amnesty initiative for repentant bandits in the state.
NAN reports that the state government first announced the initiative in July 2020, to encourage bandits terrorizing rural areas to lay down their arms.
Gov. Bello Matawalle said some bandits who willingly submitted their guns have been resettled in Gusau.