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The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has appealed to the Federal Government to increase its no fly zone order on different states with protection demanding situations like Zamfara.
ACF congratulated the government and humans of Zamfara state at the secure release of the abducted school girls from Jangebe Government Girls Secondary School within the state.
Chief Audu Ogbe, ACF Chairman, in a announcement on Wednesday, expressed the Forum’s happiness with the federal government ’s choice to prohibit flights in Zamfara country.
ACF although, pleaded with the government to increase the ban to different states like Taraba, Borno, Benue, saying there have been rumors that helicopters regularly dropped arms for bandits and insurgents operating in those states.
"We accept as true with that such an prolonged ban will curtail the operations of the criminals in those areas," ACF stated.