Bandits in Katsina State have given Governor AMINU BELLO MASARI conditions for dialogue, insisting that the state government should release their members arrested and detained in various prisons across the country before they would accept to discuss with the government.

They also accused the Nigerian Army, police and other security agencies of fuelling banditry, kidnapping and other heinous crimes bedeviling the state.

The bandits, who spoke during a meeting with the governor and his officials, said some of their members were apprehended in villages across the state and detained for years without committing any offence.

Responding, MASARI assured the bandits that the state government would secure the release of their members in detention as part of effort to restore peace and normalcy in the state.