Investigation
Another Tinubu’s minister in trouble as EFCC set to revisit alleged N70bn fraud case
A few days after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) questioned suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Betta Edu, the anti-graft agency has promised to revisit a N70 billion alleged fraud against Minister of State for Defence Bello Matawalle.
The agency had initiated an investigation into Matawalle’s tenure as governor of Zamfara State.
Speaking through its Acting Director, Public Affairs, Wilson Uwajaren, while addressing some Zamfara Alternative Forum protesters who stormed the EFCC headquarters in Abuja to demand the revival of the case, Uwajaren vowed that justice would be done.
He stated that all the high-profile cases left behind by the former EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, had been examined, while guaranteeing that the case against Matawalle will not be pushed under the carpet.
Uwajeren said, “I want to assure you that as far as the commission is concerned, nobody is above the law.
“What this Chairman has done since he assumed office is that he has reviewed all high profile cases that he inherited, and he has asked me to assure you that this case will not be an exception.
“Like others it will be reviewed and he is assuring you that something will be done under the law and no one is above the law and no case will be swept under the carpet. Be rest assured that this case will be revisited because EFCC believes that nobody should be above the law. If you have done something wrong and our investigation is able to establish that you have a case, we will proceed with the matter.”
Chairman of the forum, Musa Sa’idu, who led the protesters to the commission’s headquarters, submitted a petition urging the anti-graft agency to reopen the investigation of alleged mismanagement of public funds between 2019 and 2023 when Matawalle governed Zamfara.
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