Matawalle Loses Appeal as Court Upholds Seizure of 40 Zamfara Govt Vehicles

• The Court of Appeal in Sokoto has upheld the Federal High Court’s ruling brushing apart Bello Matawalle’s issue over 40 legitimate vehicles seized from his space after he left office as Zamfara governor in 2023.

• The court docket held that Matawalle did not point out ownership and affirmed that the police acted inner the legislation in retrieving the vehicles.

• It added that the direction of followed by the say authorities become merely and did not violate his fundamental rights.

The Court of Appeal in Sokoto has upheld the Federal High Court’s dismissal of broken-down Zamfara governor and Minister of Remark for Defence, Bello Matawalle’s charm over 40 legitimate vehicles recovered from his space after he left office in May per chance 2023.

An announcement by Governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, acknowledged a three-member panel led by Justice A.M. Talba, on August 8, 2025, affirmed that the police had the fitting to investigate the matter.

In step with him, the court docket held that “Matawalle did not adduce credible evidence to toughen his issue of ownership of the 40 vehicles… and thus lacks justification to issue that his fundamental correct to have property has been breached.”

He added: “Your total direction of followed by the Remark Executive within the retrieval of the stolen vehicles is predicated utterly totally on the legislation… and thus cannot protect him from investigation and prosecution.”

In other news….. The Anambra Remark Police Instruct has answered to a viral video showing a young woman narrating the gruesome assassinate of her brother by suspected kidnappers.

Tochukwu Ikenga, the Police Public Family Officer, said that the Remark Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, strongly condemned the incident, labeling it a “cruel and barbaric act.”

“The CP has expressed his condolences to the bereaved family and the of us of Amansea and has suggested the Remark Intelligence Department to stumble on the survivor and enhance the ongoing investigation,” Ikenga acknowledged.

He additional known as on residents to cease peaceful, stay vigilant, and assist authorities by providing legit recordsdata that will per chance per chance also lead to the arrest of the culprits.

The police reiterated their decision to fight kidnapping and violent crimes in Anambra Remark, assuring electorate that safeguarding lives and property continues to be a high precedence.

“The Instruct is unwavering in its battle against criminal activities and ought to make certain that somebody angry by such infamous acts is delivered to justice,” the observation concluded.