Calls for Emergency Rule in Zamfara as Tinubu Pressured to Act on Banditry Allegations

Calls for emergency rule in Zamfara as Tinubu pressured to act on banditry allegations

A civic advocacy group, the Situation Room on Monitoring the War Against Banditry, has urged President Bola Tinubu to freeze federal allocations to Zamfara State and consider declaring a state of emergency following allegations that Governor Dauda Lawal has ties to bandit kingpins. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, the group’s convener, Patriot Henry Abba, accused Lawal of “feeding bandits right from Government House,” citing a viral vide…

Situation Room Calls On President Tinubu To Suspend Release Of Allocation To Zamfara - THE AUTHORITY NEWS

*demands immediate proclamation of emergency rule to forestall continuous use of security votes by Governor Lawal to feed bandits  The Situation Room on Monitoring the War Against Banditry has urged President Bola Tinubu to immediately suspend federal allocations to Zamfara State and declare a state of emergency, accusing Governor Dauda Lawal of complicity in the state’s spiralling banditry crisis. The group alleged that Lawal’s misuse of securi…