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Zamfara’s Gov Matawalle under probe for N70bn fraud – EFCC

 

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced that Bello Matawalle, the governor of Zamfara, is under investigation for alleged N70 billion fraud.

 

The leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is being investigated for corruption, the awarding of phantom contracts, and diversion, according to a statement released on Thursday.

 

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The commission noted that the funds were obtained as a loan from an older bank, ostensibly for the execution of projects in local government areas.

The governor allegedly misappropriated the funds through proxies and contractors who received payment for unfulfilled contracts.

 

According to the EFCC, its investigations reveal that more than one hundred companies received payments from the funds “with no evidence of service rendered to the state.”

 

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The anti-corruption agency revealed that some of the interviewed contractors made “shocking revelations about how they were allegedly coerced by the governor.”

 

The contractors were instructed to “return the funds received from the state coffers to him via his aides after converting the funds to U.S. dollars.”

 

The funds were “returned to the governor through some of his commissioners, most notably the commissioners in charge of Finance and Local Government Affairs.”

 

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