The Patriots for the Advancement of Peace and Social Development (PAPS) has called on President Muhmmadu Buhari and the Acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mai Mala Buni to call members of the Zamfara State APC to order and avoid a breakdown of law and order.
In a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, the Chairman of PAPS, Alhaji Sani Abdulahi Shinkafi stated that the crisis in the state had claimed the lives of 6,313 people, while 3,670 were kidnapped and over N2,805,047 was paid as ramsome.
Shinkafi noted that 25,050 children were orphaned while 6,4083 women were widowed during the period adding that over 1.5 million livestocks were rustled and many houses, motorcycles, cars and assorted grains were destroyed.
According to him “we write to call the attention of Nigerians and the world to a disaster waiting to occur in Zamafara State which has hitherto been the hot bed of armed banditry, kidnapping and cattle rustling until the inauguration of the present administration of the Executive Governor Of Zamfara State Hon Mohammed Bello Mutawalle. It is on record that at the inception of the present administration of Governor Mutawalle, he declared a cease fire and an amnesty to all armed bandits and cattle rustlers in Zamfara State which had brought relative peace to the otherwise restive state.
“However, in the last few weeks Intelligence reports available to us have uncovered plots by some factional members of the All Progressives Congress [APC] in Zamfara State to breach the existing peace the good people of Zamfara State are enjoying presently.
There is an evil plan to disrupt the peace restored by the administration of Governor Bello Matawalle, that initiated peace and alternative dispute resolution with the deadly armed bandits in the state for the past one year.
Bloodletting, killings, kidnapping, armed robbery, displacements and wanton destruction and dislocation of people from their country homes, cattle rustling has drastically reduced to the barest minimum in all the nooks and crannies of Zamfara State.
There are uncovered plots to destabilize the state sponsored by the factional leaders of the APC loyal to the immediate past Governor of Zamfara State in the last one year.
The findings by the Government’s intelligence reports and security agencies indicate that the factional leadership of the APC in the State was inciting some repented armed bandits to denounce the peace accord signed with the Zamfara State Government and cause mayhem. This is not the first time that the enemies of the state would be attempt to cause crisis in the state, as it would be recalled that a few weeks ago, a former member of the House of Representatives sponsored hoodlums in Bakura during the APC House of Assembly bye-election primaries which led to the destruction of properties worth millions of naira and many innocent citizens were injured.
“We call on His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Zamfara State Hon. Bello Mohammed Matawalle not to fold his hands and watch disgruntled and desperate politicians most of whom are serial elections losers to disrupt the peace the restoration government has laboured so hard to restore, and bring back the lost glory of the state. Therefore, the security agencies should be on the red alert to arrest the ugly situation before it degenerates into a full blown crisis.
“If Matawalle was magnanimous enough not to cause the arrest of the former Governor, Yari, today the security operatives have found indisputable evidence of Dan Maku’s ally, Alhaji Dan Tabawa in glaring secret meeting with recalcitrant bandits [thanks to the CCTV cameras installed by Matawalle] and was under extensive interrogation before he was released due to pressures from high quarters.
“We call on Mr President to in view of the foregoing, use their good offices as the Commander In-Chief of the Armed Forces to call for the immediate re-arrest/investigation and possible prosecution of Alhaji Sani Gwamna Maynachi and Alhaji Abubakar Muhammad Dantabawa over allegations to breach the public peace in Zamfara State” he added.
