The Zamfara State Governor, Hon. Bello Mohammed Matawalle
has lamented that when he took over the mantle of leadership from former
governor, Abdulaziz Yari, he met on ground a daunting task of piecing together
a fragmented society bedeviled with unprecedented security situation.
According to him, the combined forces of military, police
and other security agencies were mounting on their oars to end the social
problem to no avail as it became operation fire for fire between the security
operatives, bandits and notorious kidnappers in the state.
The governor disclosed this during the distribution of 200
security operational vehicles to all the security agencies in the state.
“When I took over, the state was literally under siege by
bandits, kidnappers and other miscreants. But I confronted the ugly situation
with great valour, using the versatile experience as former chairman, House
committee on security and intelligence for four years,” he said.
The governor further said that lack of proper moral
upbringing contributed seriously to security challenges in the state, urging
the parents to ensure that their children grow up under strict care and
discipline, noting that most of the crimes in the state are being perpetrated
by unemployed youths.
He, however, said that the immediate past administration
allowed the situation to escalate by recruiting so many Yansakai groups who
played negative roles in the system.
Continuing, the governor said that he purchased the 200
operational vehicles to enhance the security operations in the state, stressing
that the determination of his administration was to end the unholy activities
in the state.
“I am very much aware that security anywhere cannot be
achieved without the total cooperation of the security agencies and
stakeholders in the system.”
He called on security agencies and stakeholders to as a
matter of necessity cooperate with the state government in order to end these
dastard activities that have encroached into every system in the state.
Matawalle said that he has noticed that there were not
enough security operatives in the state which he said informed his decision to
intimate President Buhari and the security chiefs on how to deploy security
personnel to the state to quell the ugly situation.
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