The Nigerian Air Force NAF says it is offering free medicalservices to 3,000 victims of banditry from Kanoma Community in Maru LocalGovernment Area of Zamfara state. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, AirCommodore Ibikunle Daramola, made this known in a statement in Abuja. Daramola said the humanitarian initiative was in furtheranceof the directive by the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar,for the NAF Medical Services Branch to provide immediate medical assistance toresidents of Kanoma and adjoining communities in Maru Local Government. He said the Secretary to Zamfara Government, Bala Moru, whorepresented Governor Bello Matawale, thanked NAF for the kind gesture inassuaging the plight of the people. Matawale said that the Zamfara Government was happy with the initiative. Daramola quoted Matawale as saying that as part of ongoingnegotiation with the bandits, more than 200 persons in the hands of the banditshad been released.