Tag: Aminu Waziri Tambuwal

Sokoto: Commission alleges ₦117bn misappropriation under Tambuwal

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Sokoto Commission on Tambuwal

A judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by the Sokoto State government has submitted a report alleging that over ₦117 billion was misappropriated during the eight-year administration of former Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal.  The Commission, led by Justice Mu’azu Abdulkadir Pindiga (rtd), cited non-compliance with due process, breaches of extant laws, and abuse of office as key issues. The Commission’s findings revealed widespread financial irregularities totaling over ₦117 billion, largely attributed to disregard for procurement laws, weak financial controls, and abuse of Executive authority. The report highlighted non-compliance with due…

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Obasanjo, Jonathan, Atiku, Obi eulogise Tambuwal at 60

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Tambuwal@60

Former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Saturday eulogised a former governor of Sokoto State, Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, as he marked his 60th birthday. This is just as Tambuwal has said Nigeria was in peril and urgently needed salvation, calling on Nigerians to unite and rescue the country from its current challenges. Also, the various speakers, who spoke at a colloquium organised to mark his 60th birthday, in Abuja, narrated how Tambuwal was able to overcome the powers that be to become the…

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Former Sokoto gov. Tambuwal released after EFCC detention

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Tambuwal released

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released former Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal, a day after he was summoned and interrogated at the agency’s Abuja headquarters. Tambuwal, a political associate of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, was taken into custody on Monday following his arrival at the commission’s office around 11:30 a.m. He was grilled over allegations of fraudulent cash withdrawals amounting to ₦189 billion. According to EFCC sources, the investigation is centred on possible breaches of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022. The transactions under scrutiny…

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Sen. Aminu Tambuwal in EFCC custody over alleged ₦189bn fraud

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Tambuwal in EFCC custody

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has taken former Sokoto State governor and serving Senator, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, into custody over allegations of massive cash withdrawals totaling ₦189 billion during his eight-year tenure as governor. Tambuwal, who currently represents Sokoto-South in the 10th Senate, arrived at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja at about 11:30 a.m. yesterday, and was immediately ushered in for questioning. The alleged infractions reportedly contravene provisions of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022. While details of yesterday’s interrogation remain sketchy, sources familiar with the…

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Coalition: “We’re still PDP members, but we’ll work for ADC” – Tambuwal

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Tambuwal

…Says they adopted Wike style of politics Former governor of Sokoto state, Senator Aminu Tambuwal, has said that he and some members who joined the opposition coalition group are still members of PDP, and we’re going nowhere, but we will work for the newly emerged African Democratic Congress (ADC), saying they adopted ‘Wike style of politics’. According to reports yesterday, the governor was quoted to have stated that: “We’re still members of PDP, and we’re going nowhere; but we will work for ADC. We adopted the Wike style of politics”.…

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Sokoto probes diversion of N16.1bn under Tambuwal

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Sokoto probes Tambuwal

The Sokoto State Commission of Inquiry has commenced an investigation into the sales of the States shares worth N16.1 billion during the administration of the immediate-past governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. The shares were reportedly sold by the Sokoto State Investment Limited. According to a lawyer, Amanzi Amanzi, who disclosed this on Tuesday at the end of the panels session, said that the Commission was called upon to investigate the sale of Government shares unaccounted for between 2018 and 2023. He said, In 2018, the Accountant-General of the State transferred all…

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“Stop running away from Buharis failure, do the needful to secure Nigeria” – Tambuwal tells Tinubu

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Tambuwal Tinubu

Former Governor of Sokoto State and Senator representing Sokoto-South senatorial zone, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has cautioned President Bola Tinubu to stop using some unsolicited and negative remarks against erstwhile president Muhammadu Buharis tenure. According to the Senator, “From day one, the All-Progressives Congress (APC), as a Party, has no plans for securing our country, rather than grabbing power to rule the country. “The same Tinubu government that has failed woefully to secure Nigerians and execute meaningful development is lamenting and disassociating itself from Buharis administrative failure. There is no reason…

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2023: ‘Atiku will reopen Nigerias borders, address insecurity’ Tambuwal

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Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, would reopen the nations borders if elected at the 2023 general elections. Tambuwal, who is the Director-General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council made the assertion at the PDP campaign rally on Saturday, in Illela local government area of the State. According to him, the PDP presidential candidate has better plans for the country He said: “These include re-opening the nations borders, addressing challenges of insecurity and the provision of basic necessities of…

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2023 Presidency: Tambuwal steps down for Atiku

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Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has stepped down from the presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). Tambuwal, one of the presidential hopefuls in the race, announced his withdrawal at the national convention of the opposition party, yesterday. Earlier, the Sokoto governor had said he possesses all the qualities needed to be president of Nigeria, describing himself as a bridge between the young and the old. We are compelled to rescue this country and rebuild it together, he told the delegates. Subsequently, he said: Time has come for us…

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Alleged Blasphemy Killing: Gov. Tambuwal declares 24-hour curfew in Sokoto metropolis

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Governor Aminu Tambuwal, of Sokoto State, has declared a 24-hour curfew within the metropolis to forestall civil unrest over the death of Deborah Samuel, a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education. Recall that Deborah was killed on Thursday, May 12, following an allegation that she had blasphemed Muhammad, (SAW), the prophet of Islam. According to the governor, the curfew has become necessary as the only option left for the government to prevent a breakdown of law and order in the State. “Following the sad incident that happened at…

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