 Governor Belu Mohamed has expressed his heartfelt sympathy to the families of victims earlier caught in military fire against Maroudin bandits in Maroudu local government area of the state. The governor was saddened to hear the latest development when the Nigerian Air Force was out to eliminate a Maroudin group of bandits which unfortunately caught a number of civilians leaving behind a mixture of casualties involving both the bandits and a number of civilians. Already, the state government has swung into action to address the remote and immediate causes of the incident with aim of averting any further ugly incidents such as this one in the future. The Belu Matawali administration has been under pressure lately with the resurgence of bandits in the state leading to the death of no fewer than 10 soldiers and 68 locals by unbanded in Zamfara state. They were killed Sunday night in Mutunji village of Danzedal Emirate in Maroudu local government area of the state. Joining us on the news tonight is the Commissioner of Information, Zamfara state, Ibrahim Dussara. Good evening, it's the Commissioner for Security, DIG retired member Ibrahim Sadeh. Oh sorry, Commissioner for Security. Quickly, can you bring us up to speed with the development of the state and what the state government is doing after this mishap? It has been a lot of misgivings and happiness and we very just now, His Excellency, the governor of Zamfara state has extended his condolences to our gallant heroes and their mentors who are there and a letter of very strong worded letter has been sent also to the brigade to join them in mourning these gallant officers and you will be informed that not only that side, the side of the infantry, I mean the side of the miscreants has been decimated seriously and so that's why we have that I said mixed grief. We are in a happy mood and also a mood of mourning sort of. A couple of people died you know during the raid and it's a cause for concern why such incident will happen that way. What do you think should have been done differently not to have allowed this collateral damage from happening? You see what I'm saying it's a collateral that's in collateral situations a lot of maybe fresh lessons will be learned and operations will also take maybe smarter dimensions very soon. So I'm sure the military is capable of taking steps to abort this type of But those steps should have been taken care of before that kind of damage happened because a lot of people lost their lives at the end of the day. Definitely but honestly it was not intended for the purpose of killing people innocently. So what should be done differently going forward? I'm very sure the military is up to the task to adjust operations in that area. Now for the families what is the government doing I mean the state government doing to you know bring soccer to them I know there's no there's no amount of anything given to them that can bring back the lives that have been lost but what is the government doing? It is the tradition of its excellency the executive governor of the republic Dr. Bela Muhammad Matoa Lamaradoo to extend all sorts of palliatives to people who lost their loved ones gallantly as in this case of this our military personnel. Definitely the state government is arranging adequately to send some palliatives that will assuage the agnostic feelings of these bereaved families. And what is lastly before we let you go Mr. Ibrahim what is the state government doing you know in terms of fighting banditry because it seems that there seems to be like a resurgence in that area after we thought this fight is over? Remember his excellency has never relented in his efforts to ensure that this situation is dealt with decisively. We have found so many paramilitary units so many committees so many so many agents who are also equally deployed to take care of the internal and external. Now the other security agencies I must commend them they have put in their best and they are still putting in their best definitely all type of assistance is the one from his excellency is ready to give them. So we will increase that and then we will upgrade our local vigilante and our local community protection units. Thank you so much Mr. Ibrahim there. And don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.