Former Zamfara state governorship candidate, Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, has reacted to claims that Defense Minister Bello Matawalle has abandoned his home state of Zamfara state to coordinate the fight against bandits in Sokoto state.
Naija News reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) made this claim in a recent publication.
However, Mr. Shinkafi, who was Mr. Matawalle’s aide when he was governor of Zamfara State, has recently been arrested in Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina and Kaduna states due to coordinated and coordinated military operations in the region. claimed that several notorious armed robbers have been neutralized. .
“Any governor, former governor or veteran who stands in the way of the ongoing military operations in the North West region is an obstructionist who is using the insecurity as a conduit to divert and siphon security votes.
“Those who engaged in this unpatriotic act should stop doing so for the sake of God and should realize that sooner or later they will resign from their positions and be held accountable.
“Publicizing that the Minister of Defense has abandoned his home state of Zamfara to coordinate the fight against banditry in Sokoto State is a public safety, peace and security crisis against commonplace partisan politics that is slowing down democracy in the country. “It is an attack on the sensibilities of Nigerians who want unity,” he said.
He noted that Matawalle had visited Sabon Birnin, Goronyo, Raba and Isa Local Government Areas of Sokoto. The local government area shares borders with Zamfara State and Shinkafi Local Government Area of Niger Republic and is where these criminal elements easily smuggle arms and ammunition through porous borders. said.
“President Bola Tinubu directed him to go to Sokoto State with the Chief of Defense Staff to coordinate the fight against bandits in the North West region rather than Zamfara State, but the military operation was carried out by notorious bandit kingpin Jamil Sububu. Targeting Zamfara State.Sadly, they have been neutralized in recent military operations against other armed bandits, the same that have frustrated Matawalle’s efforts to provide security and order to Zamfara State in particular and the state in general. “The PDP is cynically making noises that Matawalle is operating from Sokoto and not Zamfara to wipe out bandits in the North West,” he said.
