{"id":177713,"date":"2025-09-05T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/apc-criticizes-gov-lawal-for-security-remarks"},"modified":"2025-09-05T08:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T07:24:06","slug":"apc-criticizes-gov-lawal-for-security-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-criticizes-gov-lawal-for-security-remarks","title":{"rendered":"APC Criticizes Gov Lawal for Security Remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Zamfara State has frowned at what it described as the continuous outpouring of comments by Governor Dauda Lawal on the state\u2019s security affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Zamfara State APC Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris, in a statement he issued in Gusau on Thursday, described the governor\u2019s comments as unfortunate and uncalled for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unfortunate for the governor and Chief Security Officer of the state to be saying that he is aware of the movement of every bandit\u2019 kingpin\u2019 and his gang operating in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery unfortunately, the governor refused to give an intelligence report to the security agencies fighting the bandits, day and night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe APC as a party, we don\u2019t know why the governor continues to overlook the issue of insecurity, giving bandits the chance to continue killing and abducting the innocent citizens,\u201d Idris added.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST reports that Governor Lawal had said insecurity in the state would be history within two months if given total control of the security agencies.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed to know the location of a bandits\u2019 leader, saying with his mobile phone he could show where the bandits are.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, the state APC said the governor again exposed how his hands have been soiled in supporting and harbouring the bandits terrorising innocent citizens in the state.<\/p>\n<p>It also expressed worries about why the governor has never approached the Federal Government to partner with it in the effort to clear the state of bandits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Zamfara State has frowned at what it described as the continuous outpouring of comments by Governor Dauda Lawal on the state\u2019s security affairs. Zamfara State APC Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris, in a statement he issued in Gusau on Thursday, described the governor\u2019s comments as unfortunate and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":177712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[34,1358,254],"class_list":["post-177713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-apc","tag-lawal","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>APC Criticizes Gov Lawal for Security Remarks - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Zamfara State has frowned at what it described as the continuous outpouring of co ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-criticizes-gov-lawal-for-security-remarks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"APC Criticizes Gov Lawal for Security Remarks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Zamfara State has frowned at what it described as the continuous outpouring of co ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-criticizes-gov-lawal-for-security-remarks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-05T06:00:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-05T07:24:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757044610.899659.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-criticizes-gov-lawal-for-security-remarks#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-criticizes-gov-lawal-for-security-remarks\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"APC Criticizes Gov Lawal for Security Remarks\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-05T06:00:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-05T07:24:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-criticizes-gov-lawal-for-security-remarks\"},\"wordCount\":264,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-criticizes-gov-lawal-for-security-remarks#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757044610.899659.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"APC\",\"lawal\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-criticizes-gov-lawal-for-security-remarks#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-criticizes-gov-lawal-for-security-remarks\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-criticizes-gov-lawal-for-security-remarks\",\"name\":\"APC Criticizes Gov Lawal for Security Remarks - 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