A northern group has accused Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, of orchestrating a scandalous marketing campaign to blackmail the Chairman of the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, by leveling unfounded corruption allegations towards him.
The group claims that Governor Matawalle, dealing with rising scrutiny and suspicion of corruption in latest months, resorted to underhand ways to distract consideration from his personal alleged misconduct.
Talking underneath the banner of Involved Northern Discussion board, the group mentioned the motive behind the alleged ploy was to divert consideration from Governor Matawalle’s ongoing investigation for corruption to the tune of N7 billion by the EFCC.
The group mentioned it’s aware of data suggesting that Governor Matawalle and a few unnamed politicians are behind social media campaigns aimed toward tarnishing Bawa’s fame and casting doubt on the integrity of the anti-graft company.
“Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State, is the one who alleged that Mallam Abdulrasheed Bawa demanded a bribe of two million {dollars} from him. That is fallacious, in any other case, Matawalle would have supplied supporting proof for his allegations.
“No proof is introduced, as a result of this can be a fabricated (report) and an effort by Matawalle to divert the eye of the general public from the continuing investigation on him over allegations of corruption, award of phantom contracts and diversion of over 70 billion Naira. This can be a identified technique by corrupt people to keep away from a date with the regulation.
“Not relenting of their efforts, these similar set of criminals accused Mallam Abdulrasheed Bawa of colluding with some high Authorities photographs to commerce favors, that is false, doesn’t conform to the methods and operations of the EFCC Chief and there’s no shred of any proof on this world to again this allegation.”
The group added, “One other allegation is the purported auctioning of seized vehicles to his proxies at an undeserving value. The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) has since issued a press release denying stories that he was arrested and detained by the company underneath former Chairman. Worthy of word right here is the truth that Mr Bawa was by no means assigned to that individual process and it was completed when he had already left the Port Harcourt zonal workplace.
“With respect to the rule of regulation, Mallam Abdulrashid is a Nigerian detective and regulation enforcement agent and thus understands and respect the rule of regulation with full regard. The allegations that he disobeyed a courtroom order was as surprising to him because it was to the Normal public as a result of it was not served to him however to his predecessor in 2018. Additionally, Mallam Abdulrasheed was not served kind 48 nor kind 49.
“Regardless of this truth, the Government Chairman didn’t hesitate, however instantly responded to the mentioned order of November twenty first, 2018, launched the Vary Rover in query to the Applicant on the twenty seventh of June, 2022, and had authorised the method of the discharge of the remaining N40m.”
The Involved Northern Discussion board additional described Bawa as a person of honour, including that sponsors of ‘smear campaigns’ towards him are jealous of the milestones he has achieved on the EFCC.
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