A former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, who has been accused of stealing billions of naira of public funds, has procured 370 cows for distribution to executives of the All Progressives Congress (APC), less-privileged and vulnerable groups for the 2022 Eid-el-Kabir, or Sallah, festival.
The Chairman of the Distribution Committee and former APC State chairman, Lawal Liman, disclosed this while presenting the allocations of the cows to the beneficiaries in Gusau on Saturday.
The former governor had earlier in the week distributed 3,593 rams to beneficiaries across the state for the same celebration. He said that the gesture was aimed at assisting the less privileged to celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir with ease.
Liman further said the beneficiaries also included new and old APC executives from the 147 political wards and local government executives of the party. Other beneficiaries include Islamic scholars, APC youth and women groups, associations as well as community leaders in the state, he further stated.
He commended the former governor for supporting the people of the state, especially those at the grassroots and also called on Muslims to use the Eid-el-Kabir period to pray for peace and stability of the State and Nigeria at large.
Recall that Yari was arrested and detained by the anti-graft agency, which is investigating the alleged misappropriation of billions of naira while he was Zamfara State governor from 2011 to 2019.
The former governor is also being investigated for allegedly benefitting from the N80 billion allegedly stolen by the disgraced former Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris.
In May, the Federal High Court ordered the interim forfeiture of assets and monies traced to Yari. Despite his corruption investigation, however, he emerged as a senatorial candidate of the APC in Zamfara on the platform of the ruling party.
