The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, or EFCC, has filed a complaint against Bello Matawalle, the governor of Zamfara State, for claiming that Abdulrasheed Bawa, the commission’s chairman, sought a bribe of $2,000,000 from him.
In an interview with BBC Hausa, the governor who is being investigated for alleged corruption argued that the head of the anti-graft agency could not be trusted.
The governor claimed that the reason he was being looked at was because he declined to “offer the EFCC chairperson the money he requested from him.”
Wilson Uwujaren, a spokesman for the EFCC, refuted the governor’s accusations by asserting that Matawalle cannot be taken seriously because he has no proof against Bawa.
“Matawalle’s use of mudslinging is indicative of a drowning man grasping at straws,” the statement continues.
The Commission will not get into a mud war with a suspect it is looking into for corruption and unconscionable looting of his state’s resources, while being irritated by his phony accusations.
The statement “If Matawalle will be taken seriously, he should go beyond sabre-rattling by spilling the beans by providing concrete evidence as proof of his allegations”
