Senator Saidu Dansadau, a former member of the National Assembly, impulse the Federal Government to declare a state-of-emergency in Zamfara over incessant killings in the state.

Dansadau, who is the Chairman, National Rescue Movement (NRM), made the call while briefing newsmen on the state of Zamfara on Thursday in Abuja.

He recalled that he had in 2016 written to the Presidency for a state-of-emergency in the state and appoint a competent administrator before the killings and destruction got worse “but the call was not heeded”.

He said that between 2016 and June, 2018, 2,992 people had been killed, 682 villages sacked by the “enemies” and N1, 161, 305, 200 collected as ransom for kidnapped persons.

Dansadau added that during the period, 2,706 farms were burnt and destroyed while 13,838 cows and bulls were looted and 11,088 sheep and goats and 2,244 motorcycles stolen from the villages.

He explained that the data on the incidents were compiled by youths and traditional rulers of the various communities affected.

He said that the names of the persons killed and owners of property destroyed were all listed in a document.

The former legislator, who represented Zamfara Central Senatorial District, said that the document, which was made available to newsmen, was not exaggerated because the youths documented the data according to houses.