Insecurity: UK, US, EU Told to Place Travel Ban on Zamfara Governor

Insecurity: UK, US, EU told to place travel ban on Zamfara governor

A Nigerian civil society organisation, the Concerned Citizens of Nigeria (CCN), has petitioned the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom to impose sanctions and a travel ban on Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, over what it described as his failure to tackle insecurity in the state. In a petition dated Tuesday, September 16, 2025, signed by CCN’s Executive Secretary, Dr Emmanuel Agabi, the group accused Lawal of negligence d…

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CCN petitions US & UK to ban Zamfara Gov Dauda Lawal, freeze assets, alleging complicity in terrorism after failing to act despite intel on bandits.

‘Dauda’s confession’: Zamfara forum urges Tinubu to freeze state allocation, declare emergency

The Zamfara Good Governance Forum (ZGGF) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to freeze federal allocations to Zamfara State and impose emergency rule. The demand follows what the group described as Governor Dauda Lawal’s “shocking admission” of knowing the hideouts of bandit kingpins who have terrorised the state for years. Speaking in Gusau, the Forum’s Secretary, Muhammad Ibrahim Mafara, accused the governor of betraying public trust and…