A stalwart of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Zamfara State, Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, has said that only President Bola Tinubu can tackle the persistent insecurity rocking the state.
Shinkafi said Governor Dauda Lawal cannot address the challenge.
He spoke during a press briefing at his residence in Gusau on Tuesday night, while reacting to the recent killing of 38 residents of Banga community in Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area, who had been held captive by bandits for five months.
The APC chieftain begged Tinubu to urgently wade into the escalating crisis, stressing that the people of Zamfara are under siege and being killed daily by bandits.
“President Tinubu is the only one who can bring this carnage to an end. As Commander-in-Chief, he has the constitutional authority to direct security chiefs to deploy more troops and sophisticated arms to crush the terrorists,” Shinkafi stated.
The APC bigwig also alleged that some politicians in the state were politicizing the security crisis and unfairly blaming Governor Lawal, without acknowledging the constitutional limitations of state governors.
“Governor Lawal is the Chief Security Officer in name only. He has made several efforts — visiting Abuja, meeting the Chief of Defence Staff, the Chief of Air Staff, the NSA, and even President Tinubu himself — but nothing tangible has come out of it. Without federal backing, there’s little he can do,” Shinkafi said.
Only Tinubu not Gov Lawal can end Zamfara insecurity — Shinkafi
