By Suleiman Anyalewechi
The Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has been given a seven-day ultimatum to make public the locations and hideouts of banditry elements in the State or face a full scale civil resistance to his administration.
An advocacy group, the Coalition of Citizens Against Banditry and Insecurity in Nigeria, CABIN in a statement on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, warned that it is ready to mobilize residents. civil society organizations, and student unions to embark on a massive protest to the Zamfara State seat of power should the Governor fail to reveal the actual location of all the hoodlums terrorizing the people.
The Source reports that the group’s threat is coming against the backdrop of recent claims by Governor Lawal suggesting that he is aware of the movements and operational ethos of banditry kingpins operating in the State.
He expressed regret that there is little or nothing he could do to halt the wave of insecurity in the State occasioned by the dastardly activities of bandits and other criminal elements , owing to his inabilities to control heads and commanders of security agencies in the state.
According to him, the insistence of security agencies and operatives on receiving directives from Abuja before confronting security threats has negatively impacted the fight against criminality and insurgency in Zamfara state.
But reacting, the CABIN, in the statement issued by its President, Comrade Solomon Charles Abutu, accused Governor Lawal of weaponizing lamentation rather than adopting any known pragmatic approach to resolving threats posed by insecurity in the State.
It urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to, as a matter of urgent necessity, consider declaring a state of emergency in Zamfara State so as to halt the orgy of blood-letting ongoing as a result of the activities of bandits and other criminals.
“Governance is not lamentation. Leadership is not about saying “I cannot do it”. It is about deploying courage, political will and resources to confront insecurity head-on.
“If Governor Lawal has run out of ideas, let him resign honourably, instead of normalizing excuses”
“Zamfara State has for too long been Nigeria’s bleeding ground. If the Governor continues to shield criminals by inaction, then the President must act decisively in the interest of national security”, the group insisted.
The CABIN while describing Governor Lawal’s disposition as amounting to a gross act of dereliction of duty, also called on the President to monitor closely development in the State, with a view to holding the administration.
However, the body warned that besides mobilizing against the Government, it is ever ready also to raise the alarm at every level of the society because the lives of Zamfara people matter.
CABIN warned that it will no longer sit by and watch idly while indifference and complicity take the centre stage in the governance space of Zamfara State.
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