Masari told DW Hausa radio on Sunday that the bandit leader’s letter to President Muhammadu Buhari and Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle, demanding talks and a truce, should be completely ignored.

Turji requested that the meeting include Ahmad Gumi, an Islamic cleric, as well as other traditional and religious authorities from around the country.

Masari went on to say that the bandit leader’s letter was not serious and that the time for a peace agreement had passed.

Turji must first speak with the relatives of his victims, according to the governor, who added that the bandit leader has no right to call for a dialogue.

He said: “Dialogue? With who? Who is he to talk of dialogue or ceasefire? He is a liar. He can’t tell us peace accord and dialogue. To sit and discuss peace accord with who? In what capacity is he speaking and even calling for dialogue.

“Go and tell those he (Mr. Turji) killed their families to do dialogue with him and see. And he is even setting conditions, what conditions is the setting and for what? He wants dialogue and he is even setting conditions.”