Tobias Sylvester
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has accused a serving Northern governor of withdrawing over N60 billion from his state treasury in six years.
The EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, who disclosed this in a story published in the agency’s magazine, EFCC Alert, refused to give out the name of the governor who is from the North Central part of the country.
He said, “I can tell you for free that the new Department of Intelligence that we have created is working wonders. They have come up with a lot of intelligence.
“In one of them, a governor in a North-Central state within the last six years (one individual) has withdrawn over N60 billion in cash.
”We are looking at all of that, and I assure you that at the end of all of our investigations, Nigerians are going to be briefed of what we are doing behind the scene on cybercrime, politically exposed persons as well as engaging government agencies to ensure that we have better processes and procedures on how to do government business.
“We are not setting out to be engaging with people on the pages of newspapers or press conferences. We are working hard trying to see what we can do behind the scenes [to eradicate corruption].”
KanyiDaily had also reported how about 25 members of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) were invited by the EFCC for questioning over alleged corruption.
