Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has alleged that some elements in the Federal Government worked against his re-election bid in the just concluded gubernatorial election in the state.
Matawalle of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, who was defeated by Dauda Lawal of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, blamed his inability to secure a second tenure on his move against the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s naira redesign policy.
DAILY POST recalls that the Zamfara governor, Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State and the Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje had dragged the Federal Government to the Supreme Court over the scarcity of cash occasioned by the CBN’s cashless policy.
Speaking during an interview with DW Hausa, on Thursday, the governor alleged that prior to the general elections, there were plots to punish himself, Ganduje and el-Rufai over their stance on the naira policy.
He said, “What’s being said is that we went to court over the new naira notes redesign. They said myself, Ganduje and el-Rufai would be punished accordingly.”
*Text except headline courtesy of DAILY POST
