‘I Swear, Wherever A Bandit Leader Is In Zamfara State, I Know’

‘I swear, wherever a bandit leader is in Zamfara State, I know it, a northern state governor has stated

Much more, he said he possesses the wherewithal to wipe them out within two months if given the task.

Zamfara State governor, Dauda Lawal, stated these in a viral video where he also inferred his dilemma is security agencies only take orders from Abuja.

Should he be able to wipe out these bandits, he would first have to be given control over the security agencies.

“I swear to Almighty Allah, wherever a bandit leader is in Zamfara State, I know it. If he goes out, I know.

“With my phone, I can show you where they are today. But we cannot do anything beyond our powers.”

“If today I have the power to give orders to the security agencies, I can assure you, we will end banditry in Zamfara within two months.

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“Most of the time I shed tears for my people, because I see the problem but I cannot order the security men to act in time,” he lamented.

Lamenting the travail of the residents in the hands of the bandits, the governor  references a dire situation in which soldiers endangered their lives, saying put while the bandits threatened.

The only reason was they were waiting for orders to evacuate, he stated.

“The politicisation of insecurity is not hurting me as a person; it is destroying Zamfara. Some people do not want us to succeed, but I will not stop trying,” the governor added.