Insecurity: Zamfara has been left to its destiny since 2015 – Mahdi Shehu

Social commentator Mahdi Shehu has accused successive governments in Zamfara State of abandoning residents to years of killings, kidnappings, and financial hardship.

Shehu made the allegation in a put up on X on Sunday whereas reacting to the killing of 12 members of the identical household by bandits in Gidan Taba village, Maradun Local Government Area of the state.

The victims have been reportedly killed after the gunmen set their room on fireplace throughout an assault on the neighborhood on Saturday evening.

The assault occurred in Dosara Birnin Kaya Ward, the place the assailants reportedly focused the household of Mallam Muhammadu Sani.

Reacting to the incident, Shehu described Zamfara’s expertise since 2015 as one marked by bloodshed, trauma, displacement and financial hardship.

He blamed what he described because the failure of the political class to guard residents.

He alleged that successive governments had left residents to fend for themselves with out satisfactory social assist.

“The people have continued to suffer from killings, kidnappings and other forms of violence, with many families paying huge sums to secure the release of their loved ones,” he mentioned.

Shehu mentioned the newest killing of the 12 members of the family was one other assault on harmless villagers struggling to outlive.

“The murder and burning of 12 family members to death is yet another circle of violence against innocent villagers who are struggling to eat anything they find by chance,” he mentioned.

He expressed concern that authorities responses to such incidents typically amounted to condolences and guarantees of motion, with out lasting outcomes.

“Beyond distant condolences and empty promises of action, nothing will happen, and the killings will resurface, perhaps with increasing courage from the heartless murderers,” he wrote.