The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it would consider the fresh petition it recently received over the alleged N70bn corruption case of the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle.
EFCC’s acting Director of Public Affairs, Wilson Uwajuren, stated this while addressing protesters under the aegis of the APC Akida Forum who were at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja to demand the reopening of the pending case.
On May 18, 2023, the EFCC, through its Director, Media and Publicity Affairs, Osita Nwajah, said it was probing corruption activities, award of phantom contracts, and diversion of over N70bn allegedly carried out by the minister during his tenure as Zamfara State governor between 2019 and 2023.
It could be recalled that members of the Zamfara Alternative Forum had staged a protest at the EFCC headquarters in January, asking the Commission to probe the financial activities of the former governor.
Presenting a copy of their petition to the EFCC, the Chairman of the APC Akida Forum, Musa Mahmud, said the commission should reopen and intensify efforts on the investigation.