Tag: Zamfara APC

Alleged N70bn theft: “Matawalle cant escape probe”, EFCC assures Zamfara APC protesters

Aminu Imam
EFCC Matawalle

The EFCC has promised to continue its investigation into alleged stealing of N70bn by Nigerias deputy defence minister Bello Matawalle. The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle appears to be in deeper mess as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday promised to continue with his investigation over alleged stealing of N70 billion between 2019 and 2023. The Commission said it does not close cases once it opens an investigation. The EFCC’s Acting Director of Public Affairs, Wilson Uwujaren, gave the assurance during a protest by members…

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Court process on to declare Gusau as Zamfara governor’ ? PDP

Aminu Imam

Cautions Police over harassment The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has condemned the reported attempt by the police to undermine the statutory powers of the Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Mahdi Aliyu Gusau, pointing out that the State governor, Bello Matawalle, has already decided to vacate his office by decamping to the All Progressives Congress, (APC). In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the Party informed that the process has begun in the High Court to formally declare the deputy governor as the substantive State Chief Executive.…

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Why we arrested Zamfara APC politician Police

Ishaku Yohanna

The police in Zamfara State on Thursday said an opposition politician in the state, Habu Dan-Tabawa, was arrested by officers after he held a meeting with repentant bandits at his residence in Gusau, the states capital on Saturday . Mr Dan-Tabawa, a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has since been released alongside 17 others taken into custody from the event. He had said the arrest was politically-motivated. But the police commissioner in the state, Usman Nagogo, at a press conference in Gusau on Thursday, said the police had…

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