EFCC To Probe Governors Amosun, Okorocha, Yari And Ahmed As Their immunity Ends In May

EFCC To Probe Governors Amosun, Okorocha, Yari And Ahmed As Their immunity Ends In May

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has set up an
investigative team to probe four governors for corruption once they
officially hand over.  

The governors are Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, Abdulfatah Ahmed of
Kwara State, Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State and Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara
State.  

Governor Yari was alleged to have diverted N500million and $500,000
 from the state coffers in 2017. The money, part of Paris Club refunds
disbursed to states, was recovered from two firms, First Generation
Mortgage Bank Limited, and Gosh Projects Limited, linked to Yari.  

Also, Amosun would be investigated following a petition written by
the Committee for the Protection of Peoples Mandate, accusing Amosun of
misappropriation of N4billion Anchor Borrowers’ Fund given to the state
by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The group claimed that Amosun deceived
Godwin Emefiele, the CBN Governor, when he came to the state for
inspection while also insisting that Amosun has abandoned the project
and diverted the funds for personal use.  

On his part, Okorocha was accused of moving over N1billion from the
state government to aid the campaign activities of Uche Nwosu, his
son-in-law. The commission had arrested Uzoho Casmir, Accountant-General
of Imo State, for assisting Okorocha to move the said funds.  Ahmed,
outgoing Governor of Kwara State, was said to have successfully diverted
the sum of N1billion from the state coffers, a few days before
presidential election.  

The EFCC had earlier arrested six commissioners and government
officials who might be involved in the criminal act. The commission
stated that bank officials have been invited for questioning and have
also made documents available to the commission. The EFCC confirmed that
investigations are ongoing and any political office holder found
culpable of corruption would be prosecuted.