The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC revealed that the Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, is being investigated over allegations of corruption, award of phantom contracts and diversion of over N70 billion.
The anti-graft agency also confirmed that a former Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, who was recently arrested by the operatives of the commission over alleged N22bn fraud is still in detention.
Chairman of the anti-graft agency, Abdulrasheed Bawa, made the disclosure at a press briefing today, urging Nigerians not to be swayed by Matawalle’s recent outburst.
The governor had levelled allegations against Bawa and dared the commission to go after members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet.
But Bawa, who spoke through the Director of Public Affairs of the commission, Osita Nwajah, explained that the agency was not supposed to dignify Matawalle with a response but it did in order to set the record straight.
The disclosure comes less than 24 hours after Governor Matawalle asked the EFCC chair, Abdulrasheed Bawa, to step down and allow the anti-graft agency to beam its searchlight on Nigeria’s presidency officials and outgoing ministers.
The Zamafara state governor, who lost his re-election bid in March, will leave office when his tenure ends on May 29 and will lose the constitutional immunity that has shielded him from prosecution
