My predecessor involved in banditry crisis, Zamfara gov alleges
Politics tamfitronics The Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, has alleged thathis predecessor, Bello Matawalle, was fully involved in banditry issuesplaguing the state.Speaking on a TVC politics programme on Wednesday night, thegovernor claimed that, based on information at his disposal, his predecessorled a government that was complicit with bandits.Lawal also accused the previous administration, headed byBello — now the Minister of State for Defence — of misappropriating state fundsand handling insecurity with leniency.“Yes, there were a lot of issues in the past with mypredecessor. In fact, let me state this very categorically: if I were him(Matawalle), I would resign and face all the allegations against me, whichwould have been more honourable. From all the information we are receiving, mypredecessor (Matawalle) was fully involved in some of these banditry issues,”Lawal stated.Justifying his claim that his predecessor...