Tons of of disgruntled girls and youths from Zamfara State, on Tuesday, took their protest to the headquarters of the Division of Safety Providers in Abuja, over heightened insecurity within the state.
The aggrieved individuals blamed the immediate-past governor of the state and now Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, for the heightened actions of bandits, which they claimed was a fallout of his alleged romance with them throughout his administration.
The demonstrators, who arrived in about 12 lengthy buses at 10.15 am, have been restricted from accessing the premises of the safety company.
The protest comes one month after the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress known as on the Federal Authorities to declare a state of emergency within the state, to permit the battle towards banditry to succeed.
Waving placards which learn: ‘We’re dying’ and ‘DSS, save us from bandits,’ the protesters urged the DSS Director Common, Adeola Ajayi, to intervene.
Addressing journalists, the chief of the demonstrators, Mallam Musa Mahmud, expressed disappointment that President Bola Tinubu had not sacked Matawalle as minister, regardless of the proof introduced by Governor Dauda Lawal.
Mahmud, who can also be the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Akida Discussion board, pleaded that Matawalle must be probed and never given a comfortable touchdown owing to his loyalty to the President.
He stated, “The problems right here usually are not simply political issues. They’re issues of life and demise, financial survival and the basic human rights of the residents of Zamfara State that shouldn’t be dealt with frivolously.
“We wish the DSS to conduct a radical investigation to avoid wasting hundreds of thousands of Nigerians and safeguard the integrity of the President and the intelligence neighborhood.
“The company is in the very best place to advise President Tinubu to alleviate Matawalle of his place, to face an investigative panel and make clear his connections with harmful people like Bello Tagoji, Musa Kamarawa and Ardon Zuru.
“These usually are not summary issues. Zamfara residents have the proper to stay free from the fixed menace of banditry and violence.
“These points must be on the forefront of any affordable Nigerian who means nicely for the nation.”
When contacted, Matawalle’s media aide, Ahmad Dan-Wudil, didn’t choose up a number of calls put by way of to his line and was but to reply to the message despatched to him on the allegations towards his principal on the time of going to press.
