“Baseless”: Tinubu’s minister Matawalle denies sponsoring bandits in Zamfara

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  • Zamfara Governor Dauda Lawal earlier raised an alarm and alleged that Bello Matawalle, Nigerias Minister of State for Defence, is behind banditry in the state
  • Governor Lawal, in a now-viral interview, also levelled other heavy allegations against his predecessor and called for his resignation
  • Responding to Lawal’s accusation, Bello Matawalle on Thursday, denied any link to banditry

Matawalle reacts to banditry allegations slammed against him by Zamfara Governor Lawal.
Photo credit: Dauda Lawal, Bello MatawalleSource: FacebookMatawalle accused of sponsoring banditry in Zamfara Our attention has been drawn to a video shared on the X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook page in which baseless, malicious, unfounded, mischievous and deliberate concocted lies were told against the Honourable Minister of State for Defense, H.E Dr. Bello Muhammed Matawalle.We are not unmindful of the sustained attacks on the person, integrity, and patriotic sense of duty of our client.It is noteworthy that the efforts of the honourable minister of state, while as Governor of Zamfara State between 2019 and 2023, saw banditry and all other sundry of criminality tackled head-on.His demonstration of the strength of Character by insisting he was not going to negotiate with Bandits after the closure of the amnesty window for them to lay down their arms, and strong insistence of Bello Turji doing such is enough motivation for the hatchet man job is he doing.

  • Zamfara governor accused of financing banditry, Illegal gold-mining for selfish gains
  • Northern group urges Zamfara governor to resign
  • Nationwide protest: Report fingers 2 state governors behind end bad governance demonstration

Group commends Matawalle, slams Lawal

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