Nigeria’s Anti-graft Agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC says, the commission did not Declare the immediate past Governor of Zamfara State Bello Matawalle wanted.
The Commission, in a press statement by its spokesperson Mr, Wilson Uwujaren was reacting to a report titled, Alleged N70b Fraud: EFCC Declares Ex-Zamfara Gov, Matawalle Wanted, which appeared in the Sunday Tribune of June 18, 2023, and purports that the Commission had declared a former Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle wanted and requested the Department of State Service, DSS, to arrest him, anywhere he is seen.
EFCC Statement
EFCC Has Not Declared Matawalle Wanted
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to a report, entitled, Alleged N70b Fraud: EFCC Declares Ex-Zamfara Gov, Matawalle Wanted, which appeared in the Sunday Tribune of June 18,… pic.twitter.com/PDxoPpEEA5
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Uwujaren noted that, without prejudice to the case involving the former governor, “the report is incorrect as the Commission has yet to declare Matawalle wanted or solicit the assistance of any Agency, including the DSS, to effect his arrest.
“The Commission has a standard procedure for declaring persons wanted and communicating same to the public, not through faceless “security sources,” Uwujaren added.
