Nigeria’s anti-graft body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has grilled a former Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal over suspicious cash withdrawals of N189billion.
Tambuwal who was questioned by the EFCC on Monday in Abuja, is expected to account for the suspicious cash haul during his tenure as governor.
The Pinnacle Times gathered that the former speaker of the House of Representatives arrived the EFCC’s Headquarter at about 11:30am, is still being held for interrogators on the alleged financial crime at the time of this report and it was not exactly clear if he would be left off the hook on Monday.
A source at the EFCC said alleged withdrawal of the said amount described the withdrawals as a flagrant violation of the Money Laundering( Prevention & Prohibition) Act, 2022.
He said: ‘We have isolated all the allegations for Tambuwal, it is left to him to respond. “
EFCC’s spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, declined comments on the matter.
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