The Zamfara Police Command has stated that it has returned to the court all vehicles confiscated from the state’s former governor, Bello Matawalle.
Yazid Abubakar, the state Police Public Relations Officer, stated that the vehicles were returned in accordance with the judgment of the Federal High Court in Gusau.
“Yes, the police command has complied with the court order as regards to returning of all vehicles belonging to the former governor, Bello Matawalle,” the police spokesman said.
“We have returned all the vehicles to the premises of Federal High Court, Gusau, as I speak to you now, no single vehicle is in police custody.”
On June 15, Justice Aliyu Bappa of the Federal High Court Gusau ordered all security agencies involved in removing the vehicles from Matawalle’s private homes in Gusau and Maradun to return them within 48 hours.
The court also gave an order of interim injunction restraining the respondents in the suit filed by Matawalle from taking any further action in connection with the matter.
The respondents include the Inspector-General of Police, the Nigeria Police Force and the Zamfara State Commissioner of Police, the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC).