…. Your government Fail to protect the citizens …. Zamfara APC
The Executive Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal has confirmed that he knows the exact locations of bandits operating in the state and could identify them using his phone
Lawal made this known while lamenting and condemning the growing insecurity in the state, stressing that his inability to act was due to lack of control over security agencies.
The statement was reported through the governor’s official X handle on Thursday, September 4, 2025.
He vowed that if given authority over the nation’s security apparatus, he would end banditry in Zamfara within two months. The governor further emphasized that the criminal groups have committed countless atrocities and must be stopped at all costs.
“I swear to Almighty Allah, wherever a bandit leader is located in Zamfara State, I know it. With my phone, I can show you their locations today. But we cannot act because we don’t have the power.”
Although, in a swift reaction to the Governor’s comment, the Zamfara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it is dismayed by the continuous comments of Gov. Dauda Lawal on the state’s security affairs.
The state APC Publicity Secretary, Malam Yusuf Idris, in a statement issued in Gusau on Thursday, described the Governor’s comment as uncalled for.
“It is unfortunate for the governor and Chief Security Officer of the state to be saying that he is aware of the movement of every bandit’ kingpin and his gang operating in the state.
“Very unfortunately, the governor refused to give an intelligence report to the security agencies fighting the bandits, day and night.
“The APC as a party, we don’t know why the governor continues to overlook the issue of insecurity, giving bandits the chance to continue killing and abducting the innocent citizens,” Idris added.
According to him, in a recent interview with journalists in the state, the governor again exposed how his hands have been soiled in supporting and harbouring the bandits terrorising the innocent citizens in the state.
“The governor unequivocally told the media men that he knows all the bandits’ camps operating in Zamfara forests and knows their every movement.
“Therefore, as the chief security officer of the state, he has consistently refused to take proactive measures against them.
“But only saying, if he had the authority, he’d bring banditry to an end in the state within two weeks,” Idris added.
The State APC leadership also expressed worries about why the governor has never approached the Federal Government to partner with it in the effort to clear the state of bandits.
The APC urged Lawal to emulate the strategies of the former governor, Bello Matawalle, towards addressing banditry.
“The APC also recalled that the former governor, Bello Matawalle, during his first 100 celebration in office, distributed 200 fully equipped operational vehicles to all the security agencies in the state and backed it up with allowances to ease their logistics.
“The governor’s statement is a clear acceptance of his government’s failure to protect the lives and properties of the citizens against bandit attacks.
“The APC calls on Lawal to concentrate on delivering his campaign promises of ending banditry in two months and stop apportioning blames on anybody,” Idris concluded.
