Former Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has revealed that most of his vehicles taken away by the security agencies from his two houses in Gusau and Maradun were bought before he became a governor.
His statement was in reaction to Friday’s invasion of his home by security consisting of police and the Department of State Services (DSS), on BBC Hausa on Saturday
It was reported that operatives moved to the former governor’s residence and started evacuating the vehicles.
Matawalle said he was not issued with a copy of the court order which allowed the security agents to invade his houses as claimed by his successor, Dauda Lawal.
He said he had been in the car business for a long period of time and most of the vehicles the security personnel impounded from his two houses are those that he bought from America long before he became a governor.
He also said that most of the vehicles they impounded at Maradun were those donated to him by well-wishers and were all branded with his images and that of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, which surprisingly, they said that the vehicles belong to the state government.
Reacting to the claim by the security agents that 40 vehicles were recovered from his houses, Matawalle said that the security agents should display the 40 vehicles for the public judgment.
He also alleged that the security agents went beyond the recovery of vehicles and picked up valuables and belongings of his wives and family members.
The former governor said he was in Abuja and nobody called to notify him that his attention was needed in relation to the issue but all he heard was that the security agents invaded his private residences as if there is no law and order in Nigeria.
Matawalle said he would not ask the security agents or the state government to return the vehicles, but he will however follow an appropriate channel as stipulated by the law.
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