Ibrahim Dosara came out swinging for Bello Matawalle after commentator Farooq Kperogi dragged up old banditry accusations against the defense minister. The former Zamfara information commissioner said nobody has ever filed formal charges through police or anti-corruption agencies despite years of these claims floating around, and he thinks the whole thing is just political theater designed to hurt national security efforts. Matawalle previously ran Zamfara as governor before getting tapped for his current federal role.
Dosara pointed out that dialogue with armed groups was federal policy back when Matawalle was governor, and basically every northwestern state tried the same approach until intel agencies decided it was not working anymore. He also defended civilian oversight of military operations by noting that major powers like the US and UK do it all the time, and he said President Tinubu kept Matawalle around based on classified briefings that the public does not get to see.
Dosara pointed out that dialogue with armed groups was federal policy back when Matawalle was governor, and basically every northwestern state tried the same approach until intel agencies decided it was not working anymore. He also defended civilian oversight of military operations by noting that major powers like the US and UK do it all the time, and he said President Tinubu kept Matawalle around based on classified briefings that the public does not get to see.
