The Arbiter Zamfara, intoned differently, can mean “I will begin” in Hausa. But Zamfara, from the Zamfara Kingdom, did not start on October 1, 1996, when it was detached from Sokoto State by the government of the late General Sani Abacha. It began a long time ago. It was founded in the 11th century and survived as a city-state until the 16th century. A state widely known for its peace and brotherly coexistence, the people of Zamfara State, which arguably houses almost sixty per cent of Nigeria’s mineral deposits are generally...