Former Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has said most of the vehicles taken away by security agencies from his two houses in Gusau and Maradun were bought before he became governor.
Matawalle was reacting to Friday’s invasion of his home by security agents comprising the police and the Department of State Services (DSS).
Channels Television had reported how operatives moved straight to the former governor’s residence and started evacuating the vehicles.
But speaking on BBC Hausa on Saturday, Matawalle accused the security agents of looting the personal belongings of his wives and children, including clothing materials.
The former governor 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.
“I have been in the car business for a long period of time and most of the vehicles the security personnel impounded from my two houses are those that I bought from America long before I became a governor,” Matawalle said.
The former governor said some of the vehicles impounded at his residence in Maradun were donated by well-wishers and were branded with the images of President Ahmed Tinubu and himself.
“The vehicles they impounded at Maradun were those donated to me by well-wishers and were all branded with my images and those of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. But surprisingly, they said that the vehicles belong to the state government,” he said.
Reacting to the claim by the security agents that 40 vehicles were recovered from his houses, Matawalle said,
“The security agents should display the 40 vehicles for the public judgment. Anybody who knows Bello Matawalle will believe that I have been in car business ever since I became the governor of Zamfara State.”