Katsina State Governor Dikko Radda has assured bandits operating in forests across the North-West that the government is prepared to support and reintegrate those who genuinely abandon criminal activities and embrace peace.
Tribune reports that the governor made the appeal during the inauguration of 152 housing units built for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Jibia Local Government Area of the state on Thursday, June 11.
Governor Radda urged those involved in banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes to lay down their arms and return to their communities, stressing that lasting peace and prosperity can only be achieved through lawful means and honest labour.
“To those our brothers and sisters in the bush or in the forest, to those who still raise weapons against our own people, to those who have taken to banditry, kidnapping and violence, hear me very well today. There is a better way.
The doors for dialogue, repentance and reintegration remain open to you. Lay down your arms, come back to your families, come back to your communities.
The same houses, the same grants, the same opportunities being delivered here today can be yours tomorrow, not through fear, not through bloodshed, but through peace, good governance and honest labour.
Choose your children over your weapons, choose prosperity over destruction and choose life,” he said, adding that the government was ready to receive every son and daughter willing to embrace peace.
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