The firmer governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Mohammed Bello Natawalle has declared wanted by
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged corruption while in office
Some media reports indicate that the EFCC, on Saturday, asked the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest Matawalle “anywhere he is seen” in the country.
Recall that few days to the end of his tenure, Matawalle had accused the now suspended EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, of demanding a $2m bribe from him, an allegation that the anti-graft agency denied.
Bello Matawalle made the allegation in interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation a (BBC), Hausa Service where he accused the EFCC for going after governors while ignoring federal officials with big budgetary allocations.
But the EFCC said it was investigating Matawalle for allegedly siphoning state funds running to N70 billion through unexecuted contracts awarded to his cronies and for which money was received.
There are incinuations that the ex-governor might have gone into hiding for fear of being nabbed by the anti-graft agency.
