Police return ex-Zamfara governor’s vehicles

The Zamfara State Police Command says it has returned all vehicles seized from the immediate past governor of the state, Bello Matawalle.

The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Yazid Abubakar, made this known on Saturday, June 17.

Abubakar said the vehicles were returned in compliance with the order of Federal High Court sitting in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital.

The police spokesman said: “The police command has complied with the court order as regards to returning of all vehicles belonging to the former governor, Bello Matawalle.

“We have returned all the vehicles to the premises of Federal High Court, Gusau, as I speak to you now, no single vehicle is in police custody.”

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The court, presided by Justice Aminu Bappah-Aliyu had on June 15, ordered all security agencies that recovered the vehicles from Matawalle’s houses in Gusau and Maradun to return them within 48 hours.

The security operatives recovered the vehicles from the two houses on the order of the Zmfara State Government.

The court also gave an order of interim injunction restraining the respondents in the suit filed by Matawalle from taking any further action in connection with the matter.

The respondents include the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Nigeria Police Force, and the Zamafara State Commissioner of Police.

Others are the Department of State Services (DSS) and Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC).

The court further ordered the security agencies to stay away from all actions, pending the hearing and determination of the matter before it.

Suleiman Idris, the spokesperson to Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, had earlier said more than 40 vehicles were recovered from the two houses of the former governor.

He added that the security agencies took the action on the directive of the state government.

The Star