Mohammed Abubakar, inspector-general of Nigeria Police, gave the order
on Monday in response to the frequent attacks on communities in the
violence-plagued state, press tv reported.
The special forces include ten units of Police Mobile Force and three units of conventional police.
In addition, Abubakar has ordered aerial patrol and surveillance by
the Air Wing of the Nigeria Police to monitor the situation.
The deploym
ents come as the Zamfara state has been plagued with violence by gangs of armed robbers and cattle thieves.
The latest attack took place on April 5, when some 120 people were
killed in the Yar Galadima village in an attack by some 100 armed gunmen
on motorcycles.
The Fulani gunmen raided a meeting to discuss security challenges in
the four neighboring states of Zamfara, Kaduna, Kebbi and Kastine.
The Fulani’s semi-nomadic, cattle-herding way of life has led to
decades of conflict with farming communities across Central and Northern
Nigeria. The Fulani herdsmen usually encroach on and destroy the
farmers’ lands, especially during the dry season, resulting in clashes
with the farmers trying to stop Fulani people from using their farmlands
as feeding ground for their cattle.
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