Zamfara suspends neighborhood safety guards’ commandant

Zamfara State Authorities has suspended the Commandant of the state Group Safety Guards, Colonel Rabiu Garba (retd).

The suspension was contained in an announcement signed by the Secretary to the State Authorities, Alhaji Abubakar Nakwada, and made out there to newsmen on Wednesday.

The assertion learn, “That is to tell most people that Zamfara State Authorities has suspended the appointment of Colonel Rabiu Garba as state Commandant of the state Safety Guards.

“The suspension takes fast impact.”

Though no motive was given for his suspension, PUNCH On-line gathered that Garba lately granted an interview to a radio station the place he accused the state authorities of poor funding of the Group Safety Guards.

Within the stay programme on the Imaginative and prescient FM Radio Gusau, on Monday, Garba stated the state authorities has failed to provide monetary assist to the Safety Guards since its creation in January this yr.

He maintained that since its inauguration, the state authorities had not supplied them with the takeoff grant.

Garba additionally stated that officers of the safety guards had been paid their wage solely as soon as since they had been appointed 4 months in the past.

He added that members of the Safety Guards have been battling with poor funding from the state authorities, a scenario which he stated has been crippling their actions within the combat in opposition to banditry.

He stated, “We had been paid our allowances solely as soon as since we assumed responsibility 4 months in the past.”

He lamented that the state authorities has stopped fueling their patrol autos, as such, they had been discovering it extraordinarily troublesome to combat bandits.

He added, “Lack of funds and different logistics are accountable for our non-performance.

“You educated any person, gave him a gun to combat criminals, you then refuse to pay him his month-to-month allowance, and you can’t gas his automobile. How do you count on him to carry out?

“I swear to God that for the reason that time I assumed workplace in January this yr because the Commandant of the state CPG, I collected solely N98, 000.

“Equally, I’ve been shopping for gas with my very own cash every time we’re going out for operation.

“This will by no means occur wherever on the earth.”

Garba blamed some folks within the authorities for sabotaging the efforts of Governor Dauda Lawal within the combat in opposition to banditry.

He stated, “I do know that His Excellency, Governor Dauda Lawal, could be very a lot dedicated to the combat in opposition to banditry however there are some folks in his cupboard who’re sabotaging his good efforts for his or her egocentric causes.

“I’ve tried to succeed in out to the governor to inform him of the scenario we face, however he’s not accessible.

“I contacted some distinguished Islamic students within the state like Sheikh Ahmed Umar Kanoma and Sa,idu Maikwano, who I assumed may discuss to the governor on the difficulty, however sadly there isn’t a improvement.”

Garba, due to this fact, warned that if the scenario didn’t enhance, members of the Group Safety Guards would haven’t any different than to resign earlier than the scenario went uncontrolled.

“We’re able to resign our appointments if we don’t see any change,” he concluded.