Comrade Anas Abdullahi Kaura, the spokesperson of a former governor of Zamfara State, Muhammad Bello Matawalle, has called on the federal government to intervene in the insecurity challenge facing the state.
Kaura claimed that Zamfara state has fallen into a bad insecurity situation since the swearing-in of the new governor of the state, Dr Dauda Lawal, urging the federal government to intervene.
Speaking with journalists in Abuja, Kaura said the only option left for the insecurity issue in Zamfara State was for the government to intervene because, according to him, the current state government lacked capacity to solve the problem.
According to the spokesman, in less than five days, 70 people were kidnapped in Bukuyum, 40 in Jangebe, 10 in Damri, Bakura Local Govt, and 27 people were killed in Gwaram with nine of them slaughtered.
“There are other violent terrorist attacks that are disturbing even the security forces.
“On the other hand, despite the state of insecurity in the state, Dr Dauda Lawal traveled out of the country just to watch polo, few days ago,” Kaura said, adding that it was a lie that the former government of Zamfara state under Bello Matawalle did not leave a dime in the state treasury.
“Even though the governor has come out to say that money was not left for him in his interview with BBC Hausa, the question here is: where did he get the money to buy cars worth billions of Naira? This money alone is enough to end the security problems in Zamfara state,” Kaura said.
Speaking further, Kaura said the people of Zamfara State were facing an unprecedented level of insecurity, adding that even the present Governor during his election campaign promised the people of Zamfara state his intention to fight against insecurity even when the menace persists.
“One of the governor’s assistants in the media said, “Governor Dr Dauda has the right to buy any car that will protect him considering the security situation in the state. He is trying to protect himself, but he has not made any effort to end the insecurity problems in the state. Where is the promise he made to protect the lives and properties of the people who voted for him? Kaura asked.
“Dr Dauda who came into office on May 29, 2023 using the motto: “Rescue Zamfara,” surprisingly, he started by firing more than 11,000 civil servants, and he has been making mistakes in the state since he took office over 50 days ago,” Kaura said while challenging the government of Zamfara state to tackle the insecurity challenges.”
Kaura called on the federal government to intervene on the insecurity problems of the state, because, according to him, the government shows that they cannot do it.
“And they don’t care about the lives and properties of the people that voted for them,” he added.
