In an effort to find a lasting solutions to tackle the insecurity facing Zamfara State, a group known as, All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Wing Mobilisation Vanguard today called on the Governor Dauda Lawal, to face governance and stop politicking with issue of security of lives and property of his people.
Reacting to an interview the Governor Lawal granted a national television on Tuesday where he criticized the military authority and defence team, on escalating security situation in Zamfara, Chairman of the group in the state, Alhaji Ashiru Tukur warned that the security situation may get worse if the governor refused to work with security briefs at his disposal.
“He claimed that because he does not have control over the military and other security apparatuses in the state he set up a local security outfit, how has that solved the problem especially as members of his local security are targeting his political ‘enemies’ and not the bandits who have brought the state to its knees under his watch.
“This is a governor who has abandoned his primary duty of providing good governance to our people but prefers flying from one country to the other with state resources that have not translated to any meaningful growth and development in the state.
“The recent attacks on people in Maradun, Tsafe, Zurmi, and other villages in Zamfara have nothing to do with the minister of state defence because he is instrumental to the improved military presence and operations we see in the state and other neigbouring states respectively.
“Just recently, Gusau, Zamfara State capital was attacked multiple times and many people were kidnapped and some lost their lives including a son of Dauda’s bosom friend Alhaji Musa Mallaha. He could not even secure his local government which is just a stone’s throw from Govt House.
“So, failure by the state government to cooperate and synergise with conventional security personnel may have been responsible for escalating attacks because every sensible Zamfara indigene was happy and more secure under Matawalle’s administration than the present leadership of Governor Dauda Lawal.
“Why should Zamfara be different? As a former Governor of Jigawa State and current Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has not been blamed for insecurity by his successor. Bandits attacked and kidnapped many people in Kiyawa and some areas of Jigawa State, yet the governor didn’t apportion blame.
“Same as other governors who have not relented in collaborating with the federal government through Defence headquarters to address their security challenges, building bridges with their predecessors, so they can concentrate on meaningful developmental projects in their states”.