By Abdul Hassan
Gov. Dauda Lawal of Zamfara has vowed to end the spate of banditry, kidnapping and other violent acts of terrorism ravaging the state and the entire Northwestern part of the country within just two months if given control over security operatives.
In a viral video clip, the governor explained that his major constraint in the ongoing fight against banditry is the lack of direct control over security agencies.
He emphasized that the security chiefs in the state only take orders from Abuja, lamenting that “We have dozens of tracking facilities which we fixed across the state just to help security in tracking the bandits.
“I swear to Almighty Allah, I can end banditry in two months, I swear to Almighty Allah, wherever a bandits’ leader is located within Zamfara state, I know it and if he goes out, I know.
”With my mobile phone, I can show you where and where these bandits are today.
“If today, I have the power to give orders to the security agencies, I can assure you, we will end banditry in Zamfara state within two months.
“Most of the time, I shed tears for my people because I can see a problem but because I don’t have control over the security agencies, I cannot order the security operatives to act on time.
“There was a time, the bandits invaded Shinkafi Local Government area and I was sitting here, when the security operatives were alerted, they refused to go to Shinkafi simply because they were not given orders from Abuja.
“This is the problem we are facing but we have entrusted everything to God and surely, he will come to our rescue.”
