The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Department of State Services (DSS), and the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) have been called upon to unearth diversions of public resources to bandits and criminals in Zamfara State.

The Situation Room on Monitoring the War Against Banditry, at a press conference held in Abuja at the weekend, also demanded a National Assembly-led inquiry to probe how security intelligence is managed in the state.

Convener of the Situation Room, Mr. Henry Abba, expressed dissatisfaction with Governor Dauda Lawal’s handling of bandit kingpins’ hideouts in the state.
Stressing the need for safeguards for whistleblowers and victims, he argued that the Zamfara government’s reluctance to relay critical intelligence to federal security outfits has transformed the state into a “notorious graveyard,” where abductions, massacres, and mass displacements have become the grim routine for innocent residents.

Abba painted a harrowing picture of Zamfara’s plight: villages reduced to rubble, families torn apart by nightly raids, and farmlands abandoned under the shadow of fear.

Dismissing attempts by the governor’s supporters to spin the video as a desperate appeal for federal aid, Abba insisted, “This isn’t a plea; it’s a confession. He knows the exact dens of these murderers, yet opts for inaction while his citizens perish.”

He challenged Lawal to substantiate any claims of prior intelligence-sharing with agencies like the military or police, questioning why such vital information has seemingly evaporated into bureaucratic voids.