He also denied allegations of siphoning Zafara state funds while in office, claiming that these were fabrications of the present governor of the state, Dauda Lawal.
”In my four years, I did not ever receive that money. The records are there, and the indices are with the Ministry of Finance. It is on record and let me tell you I don’t understand I pity Dauda(Zamfara Gov)I thought for now he should concentrate on giving good governance to the people of Zamfara state. I thought, for now, he should concentrate on the issue of insecurity.
I thought, for now, he should realise that governance is a continuous process because if he is in that seat today, tomorrow he will not be.
But how can someone come and be telling lies, a whole governor to come and deceive the public ”
Governor Lawal had in a recent interview accused Matawalle of stealing over N70 billion from the state government. He decried that despite evidence made available to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the commission has not done much to recover the loot.
When asked what lies the governor said, Matawalle answered
”How can he say unaccounted N240bn, before he said 70bn, it is not a surprise to me if you know who Dauda is, This is someone who doesn’t know what he is talking about.”