Group calls on President-elect, Tinubu to beware of alleged antics of Matawale, Onanuga

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Civil society Central Coordinating Council, CSCCC has called on the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to beware of the alleged antics of the outgoing Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State who has resorted to blackmail and peddling of falsehood to present himself as a noble and patriotic character.

In a statement to newsmen in Abuja, the group said it was amazed that the Zamfara Governor relied on what it called “fake news” which had been officially debunked by the Presidency to issue a statement against the CBN Governor.

“This turn of events made us to conduct a search in the media and we undoubtedly traced the source of the “fake news” to Gov. Matawalle of Zamfara State and Barr. Bayo Onanuga, one of the former Directors in the now dissolved Presidential Campaign of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“While Gov. Matawalle deployed the resources for the planting of the news, Mr. Onanuga deployed his contacts in the media to syndicate the story and make it go viral”, the statement read.

The group insisted that the Governor deliberately wanted to use the “fake news” to salvage his image before the President-elect, noting that the people of Zamfara State voted him out of office as the only Governor out of the ten Governors seeking reelection who could not win.

“Governor Matawalle is bitter that the Naira redesign policy of the Central Bank sent the bandits he unleashed on his own people out of business and which gave the people the opportunity to cast their votes and send him packing. For that singular reason, Godwin Emefiele must be destroyed at all cost.

“The people of Zamfara State accused him of complicity in the insecurity and activities of bandits that ravaged Zamfara State and the greater part of neighbouring Katsina and parts of Sokoto.

“The people also accused him of mismanagement of the financial and mineral resources of the state as well as gross incompetence in handling affairs of the State. These were the reasons the people of Zamfara State passed their democratic verdict on him and voted him out of office so that he can go and face the law.

“Having lost out, Mr. Matawalle now thinks that he can erase the consequences of his financial malfeasance by calling himself a patriotic Nigerian and attempting to hoodwink the President-elect that he loves Nigeria. It is for this purpose that he has targeted Mr. Emefiele as his scapegoat in his failed project to present himself as a good citizen.

“To our knowledge, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has conducted very comprehensive investigations on Mr. Matawalle and have a water tight case against him with all proof of evidence intact.

“The property he acquired in the USA, Idu Abuja and all over the country and the world will be recovered from him and returned to the good people of Zamfara State”, the statement added.

The Civil Society apex body therefore called on Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be cautious of the activities of some persons around him saying “It is based on the forgoing that we call on the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to beware of the antics of Mr. Matawalle, a man who is currently facing the democratic verdict of the people of Zamfara and keep him away from his government.