According to the Zamfara Youth Network (ZYN), SaharaReporters’ article claiming that Minister of State for Defense Bello Mohammed Matawalle delivered 36 Hilux cars to bandits and continues to communicate with terrorists is an outright falsehood.
Speaking in Gusau today, Comrade Musa Usman claimed that the narrative is nothing more than a last-ditch effort to discredit the exceptional outcomes the Minister has produced since taking office.
The youth organization unequivocally declared that throughout Matawalle’s tenure as governor or minister, no such vehicles were ever given to robbers.
“These are recycled lies that security agencies looked into and discarded years ago,” Musa stated.
The same military operations that Matawalle is currently leading have already killed every bandit leader described in the narrative. Dead guys are not allowed to use WhatsApp or drive Hilux cars.
The ZYN went on to say that there is no official record of the alleged “whistle-blower.”
The payrolls from 2019 to 2023 have been examined. There was never an aide like that. The narrative is complete fiction intended to divert Nigerians’ attention from the truth that, thanks to Matawalle’s vigorous campaign against terrorists, Zamfara is experiencing its best period of calm in more than ten years.
The youth network said that the bogus news was sponsored by uneasy politicians who are losing ground in Zamfara and throughout the North-West.
These are the same individuals who, while in power, gave monthly allowances to bandit leaders. He said, “Those leaders are running scared and searching for any lie to regain relevance now that they are being eliminated one by one.”
They blamed those who have been marginalized by the public and are now fighting their battles on blogs located elsewhere.
They are aware that Zamfara will never support anyone who has ever engaged in negotiations with murderers in 2027. Thus, they are disparaging the one man who has truly brought peace to our state through SaharaReporters.
“Matawalle has accomplished what no one before him could do,” Usman stated. Schools are packed, markets are open once more, and farmers can sleep fearlessly on their land. Every week, bandits flee or perish. Some people are unable to accept this accomplishment, so they hire American bloggers to spread false information.
The network cautioned that the young people and women of Zamfara will expose and reject any politician who continues to use the outdated, ineffective tactic of blackmail.
“I speak for every young person in Zamfara when I say: Minister Matawalle is working day and night with our gallant soldiers,” Usman continued. He visits the soldiers, gives supplies, and boosts morale.
He and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu are responsible for the current state of calm. Anybody who disparages Matawalle is disparaging our mothers’ tears and our heroes’ blood.
“We issue a challenge to SaharaReporters and their sponsors: tomorrow morning, bring your whistleblower to Channels TV or AIT and allow him to swear on the Holy Qur’an using his full name and face. Every Nigerian will know that this narrative is 100% opposition poison if he declines.
“Your time is over, politicians who have failed and are hiding behind this falsehood. Zamfara’s ladies and youth are awake now. We’ll use our lives to protect this peace.
President Tinubu, thank you. Minister Matawalle, thank you. You have made it possible for our kids to attend school without having to pay a ransom. We will never permit dishonest people to tarnish your reputation.
