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*Urge Gov to act on insecurity
From Tunde Omolehin, Sokoto
A Youth Wing Mobilisation Vanguard under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State has cautioned the state governor, Lawal Dauda, over his media attacks against the military during an interview on national television.
The state chairman of the group, Alhaji Ashiru Tukur, stated this in a statement signed and made available to Journalists in Sokoto on Wednesday.
The group described the comments as an “uninspiring attitude” against the hierarchy of the Nigerian military and the defence team on national television by Governor Dauda Lawal.
“We would not have bothered ourselves to respond to some of Mr. Governor’s claims during that live session on a national television, except the need to set the record straight especially on the priceless sacrifices the Nigerian military and other security agencies involved in tackling insecurity in Zamfara are making.”
It noted that the governor’s rivalry with his predecessor and current Minister of State Defence, Mohammed Bello Matawalle, has overshadowed his good governance approach in his past one year in office hence making it difficult to protect the lives and properties of Zamfara people.
The group also described the governor’s recent verbal attacks against the Minister of State Defence and those soldiers who are sacrificing their lives daily to restore peace and security in the state as not expected from a Chief Executive like him.
“That interview has shown Mr. Governor’s weakness, poor judgment, and an inappropriate statement from someone who is supposed to accept responsibility for his failure to secure the lives and property of Zamfara people as promised when he assumed office about a year ago.
“His spirit-damping comment against the military hierarchy of not being committed to ending banditry challenges despite having security briefings on his table has just further proved his critics right that he was never ready to govern the state.
” His inability to offer meaningful support to the ongoing military operations in the state and Northwest as a whole.
“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.”
