EDITORIAL
“You insulted Governor Matawalle I swear to God I must cut off your penis,” Aliyu Alhazzai burst while hitting hard blow on the person accused of insulting Governor Bello Matawalle”.
Zamfara people are still surprise at the continued silence of the state government especially Governor Matawalle whose alleged audio conversation with the commander of Zamfara Road Traffic Agency ZAROTA has been trending which to many has added weight in to the leadership crises rocking the state.
In that audio, the alleged voice, the Governor has encouraged the Commandant to arrest anyone who challenged him or his government and went to an extent of assuring the commander that he would facilitate the construction of a detention cell for him.
In the recent video that went viral on Facebook and other social media platforms, same Aliyu Alhazai had been caught on camera threatening to cut off the penis of a state citizen for allegedly insulting the state governor, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, on Facebook.
In that same video Alhazzai was caught punching the alleged critic of the Governor dehumanizing him in the open while he proudly speaks with anxiety about his readiness to crash down at anybody who challenged the Governor or the government he is running.
The victim, who tried to protect his face from the attack, denied being behind the offending posts.
Even though the suspect has made effort to defend himself that his facebook account was hacked Aliyu Alhazzai chooses to continue hitting him blow to blow as if he was sent from the heaven.
Although the video was shot at night, which made it difficult to identify the victim of the attack, the face of the government official was clear in the video.
Even while the official forced the man into the back seat of a parked car, his victim maintained that he had reported the hacking of his account to the appropriate authority.
Another video of the same government official is also circulating, in which he was seen grabbing the neck of another man he accused of attacking the Governor while a second person knelt down before him, pleading.
OUR POSITION
As per as this medium is concern it is in the best interest of the Governor to react to this recent scenarios especially the alleged audio conversation that linked him to an anti-masses decision.
The audio also is softly confirming the allegation of political persecution as popularized by the opposition since the Governor himself encouraged what he termed “operations against the opponents”.
And it is our own opinion that, the Governor should hasten the removal of Alhazai from his statutory position as State Commandant of ZAROTA if he sincerely mean well for his people because the attitude of Alhazzai is an open disgrace to the entire people of the state.
The attitude has also generated bad reactions from those outside the state as they continue to extend messages of mockery to many of us.
We want to say for the record if Matawalle refuses to remove Aliyu Alhazai and allow him to continue to intimidate and harass the innocent people he should be ready to pay for the price of his refusal to taking the bold step”.
Leadership is not a child play it should be handled with all sense of responsibility and a good leader is he who shows concern whenever the dignity of his people is threatened.
We think the earlier Governor Matawalle act in saving his imagery and the imagery of the government he runs the better for his political prospects.
