Governor BELLO Matawalle insisted that there is no state that needed the services of the scrapped SARS morethan Zamfara State considering the peculiarity of its security situation.
The Governor made the declaration in Kaduna during an emergency meeting of the Northern Governors Forum held on Thursday.
In a statement by the Governor’s Spoke person Malam Zailani Bappa reads, The Governor reiterated that his administration will continue to do the right thing by ensuring that, Zamfara is fully secured and lives of the people are fully secured.
“we have recorded tremendous development in the area of peace building and our effort is yeilding positive result because the scrapped SARS and indeed the Nigerian Police by extension have been actively supporting the government effort in that direction” Matawalle acknowledged.
He said the unit has helped a lot in bringing down the level of banditry and hooliganism in our communities in the state and described the sudden scrapping of the unit as action that will amount to throwing away the baby along with the dirty water.
“I will personally seek audience with Mr President on this issue. We need the FSARS or its equivalent in Zamfara state because we have seen their positive impact in spite their alleged excesses”, Matawalle posited.
The Northern Governors meeting which was attended by about 12 of them and others represented by their Deputies, reviewed the ongoing end SARS agitation across the country and called for peaceful conduct of the agitation.
In a communique read by its Chairman, the Governor of Plateau State, Mr Simon Lalong, the Governors urged the agitators not to allow their demand to be hijacked by hoodlums and miscreants.
The meeting reiterated the indivisibility of Nigeria and said its unity will never be negotiable and must be protected by all.
