EFCC detained Tambuwal
EFCC detains Tambuwal over #180 billion The former Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over suspicious cash withdrawals of N189 billion fraud Tambuwal, who was in the custody of the anti-graft agency in Abuja, was expected to account for the questionable spendings According to EFCC,the withdrawals contravene the Money Laundering (Prevention & Prohibition) Act, 2022. The former governor is said to be facing questions over suspicious transactions during his tenure, involving alleged unauthorised withdrawals of public funds. Tambuwal, a senior figure in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), served as governor from 2015 to 2023 and former Speaker of the House of Representatives. However , African Democratic Congress ADC, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said that EFCC’s recent pattern of action, digging up files from years past, and...