Combating Banditry: APC Stalwart Urges Zamfara Governor To Cooperate With Matawalle, Tinubu
By Abdullahi Yusuf
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Kano State,Dr Musa Iliyasu Kwankwaso, has urged Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State to cooperate with the Minister of State for Defence,Bello Matawalle, in his efforts to defeat banditry and other forms of insecurity in the North.
Matawalle is the immediate past Governor of Zamfara State that was succeeded by the incumbent Governor Dauda Lawal.
Kwankwaso also asked Governor Lawal to join hands with President Tinubu and the Federal Government in their efforts to curb insecurity in his state and the North.
In a statement released to newsmen in Kano on Wednesday,Kwankwaso said Lawal should do such “rather than reporting the Minister to the National Security Adviser(NSA) accusing him(Matawalle) of complicity in the spate of kidnapping and banditry in the state.”
He described the accusation as “a complete waste of time and an attempt to divert people’s attention from the successes recorded in the fight against insecurity in the North.”
According to him, Matawalle passed security screening before his appointment as Minister of Defence,and as such,his integrity is not in question.
“I know that any Nigerian appointed to the strong position of a Minister could not have gotten that privilege if his characters and records are questionable,” the APC stalwart said.
He said the North needs urgent solutions to its teething problems including insecurity,and not the politicization of its challenges.
Kwankwaso, therefore,urged all citizens of the region, irrespective of their positions,to rally round the Federal Government to enable it to address the numerous challenges facing the area.
