Former Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, has regained his freedom following his detention by Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS). SaharaReporters learnt on Sunday morning that Yari regained his freedom on Saturday night. SaharaReporters had exclusively reported that the DSS detained the former governor and serving senator, Yari, over N45 billion reelection fund released under former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
BREAKING: Nigeria Secret Police, DSS Releases Detained Zamfara Ex-Governor, Yari After Interrogation Over N45Billion Buhari Reelection FundFormer Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, has regained his freedom following his detention by Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services .
During the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, Yari had remained “adamant” despite the zoning of the Senate Presidency to the South-South the ruling All Progressives Congress and contested against Godswill Akpabio – the current Senate President who is also Tinubu’s stooge. “DSS agents have been tracking him since returning from London for medical care soon as he lost the Senate Presidency. The detained EFCC Chair Bawa also implicated Yari in a detailed manner regarding how Yari was doing deals with Emefiele. Emefiele in turn accused Bawa of working for Yari,” one of the sources had said.
“This agitation was tabled before the post-mortem sub-committee of the Federal Account Allocation Committee, FAAC. It was further revealed that the post-mortem sub-committee came up with a figure of about $2.2 billion as what was due to these nine states. “N84.7 billion, which is 11.5 per cent, was paid to Akindele Olusegun and Co. through First Bank Plc. The sum of N84.39 billion equivalent to 9.84 per cent less bank charges, was what was shared among the various parties.
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