Nigeria, Sept. 4 -- Dauda Lawal, the Zamfara State Governor, has disclosed that his phone could track exact locations of the bandit leaders terrorising the state but cannot take direct action because he lacks control over security agencies.

Lawal, in a viral video, revealed that despite having real-time intelligence on the movements of armed groups, the fight against insecurity is hampered because security chiefs in Zamfara take orders only from Abuja.

According to him, there was a time he wept because of the things he witnessed, adding that whenever bandits appeared, he could see them and identify their locations. Lawal added that his phone revealed everything-where they came from and where they were hiding.

However, he lamented that ...