APC Members Demand Reopening Of Case Against Matawalle

Members of the All Progressives Congress Young Leaders Alliance (APC-YLA), a socio-political pressure group were yesterday at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) headquarters in Abuja where they demanded the re-opening of the investigation into corruption allegations against the minister of state for defense, Bello Mohammed Matawalle.

Speaking while presenting a copy of a protest letter to the director of security in the EFCC, Idowu Adedeji, the chairman/convener of APC-YLA,

Muhammad Isah, urged the commission to investigate the allegations in order to uphold its credibility and neutrality in the fight against corruption in Nigeria.

“Many petitions were submitted at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), notable ones submitted by the APC Akida Forum on May 3rd, 2024, and a follow-up petition on September 30th, 2024, urging the commission to proceed with its investigation of the former Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Mohammed Matawalle.

“Recall that on the 18th May 2023, the EFCC, through its then director, media and public affairs, Osita Nwajah Nwajah, said the EFCC was investigating Matawalle over allegations of monumental corruption, award of phantom contracts and diversion of over N70 billion.

“According to the EFCC, the money, which was sourced as a loan from an old-generation bank, purportedly for the execution of projects across the local government areas of the state, was allegedly diverted by the governor through proxies and contractors who received payment for contracts that were not executed,” he added.