{"id":46993,"date":"2021-07-19T14:57:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T13:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/northern-leaders-filled-with-deceit-oppression-gov-matawalle"},"modified":"2021-07-19T15:34:28","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T14:34:28","slug":"northern-leaders-filled-with-deceit-oppression-gov-matawalle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/northern-leaders-filled-with-deceit-oppression-gov-matawalle","title":{"rendered":"Northern leaders filled with deceit, oppression \u2013 Gov. Matawalle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has opined that the northern leaders are the cause of some of the problems being witnessed in the region.<\/p>\n

Matawalle said this in an interview on DW Hausa while reacting to calls for his removal over his defection.<\/p>\n

He also dismissed claim of moving to the All Progressives Congress from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because he wanted to seal his second term deal.<\/p>\n

The Governor noted that he will be okay after he is done with his first term successfully.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who are calling for my removal are ignorant, they are just worried about the second term, not me.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as I am concerned, if I am done with this first term successfully, I am okay with that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not the first governor to have defected into another party. For our people here in the north, we are the problem of ourselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you can see, power is about to vacate from the region because all those that call themselves leaders of the north are just people of deceit and oppression.<\/p>\n

\u201cA former governor of Sokoto State even vowed that if PDP failed to drag me to court, he would leave the party. They are also insisting that I must be sued.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut if I am sued, they have nothing against me. I will remain the governor of Zamfara, whether they like it or not,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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