From Muhammad Kabir, Kano
Persistent Protests on the State Defense Minister, Bello Matawale on the issues of Insecurities, more specifically in Zamfara State, clearly shows that is a politically motivated actions aimed at dragging his reputation in the mood because he is not the only Security appointee that is responsible for ensuring Peace in the Country.
This is the position of APC Chieftain, Dr Musa Illiyasu Kwankwaso, who insisted that, “the protests which are a staged managed ones, are sponsored to particularly target at Matawale reputation and show to the President Tinubu and the Nation that he has failed, whereas he is just a State Minister of Defense who has other Colleagues to report to, like the Defense Minister, the Security Adviser and indeed the President”.
“In any case why are you so particular about Matawale when the Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawan is openly failing in his responsibilities of making peace in his State but rather collecting Billions of Naira Grants but only sponsoring fake protests.
Reports has it that some Hundreds of disgruntled women and youths from Zamfara State, on Tuesday, took their protest to the headquarters of the Department of Security Services in Abuja, over heightened insecurity in the state.
The aggrieved persons blamed the immediate-past governor of the state and now Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, for the heightened activities of bandits, which they claimed was a fallout of his alleged romance with them during his administration.
However, Musa Illiyasu Kwankwaso, lamented that the same Protesters failed to also shows efforts of their Governor in making Zamfara peaceful who rather engaged in disrupting open serious interventions of the Defense Ministers of Badaru and Matawale who even relocated to Sokoto to ensure that the fight against Bandits achieved results.
He said, “we have seen the State Defense Minister, Bello Matawale coming out to the public swearing with holy Quran that he has nothing to do with Bandits and their activities and additionally killings of kingpins of Bandit’s after his declaration followed to further vindicated him”.
“But, we have not seen, Zamfara Governor or any of his Political godSons doing same or showing their efforts in tackling the problems of Kidnapping and Banditry in their State, what we kept on seen is consistent attacks of Matawale, which to every sensible Person’s knows that there is a missing gap in that”.
Kwankwaso, queried that, “or is it that Dauda Lawan is not happy with the daily elimination of Bandit’s through the renewed efforts of the two Defense Ministers and the Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu? Somebody should explained what else did he wants, because from the checks of available data Security has improved greatly not only in Zamfara but across the Country, courtesy of the President Tinubu appointees”.
He than called on the Governor and his cohorts to joined hands with the State Defense Minister and other Security Personal in tackling the problems headlong rather than truncating serious efforts put by the Government”.
