.Bellomatawalle1 under probe for ‘diverting N70bn’, says officialEFCC | TheCable
The anti-graft agency spoke on the investigation on Thursday following comments credited to the Zamfara governor.that the agency’s investigation does not target only the outgoing governors but also officials in the presidency.
“But the real issue with Matawalle is that he is being investigated by the EFCC, over allegations of monumental corruption, award of phantom contracts and diversion of over 70 billion. “Some of the contractors who had been invited and quizzed by the Commission, made startling revelations on how they were allegedly compelled by the governor to return the funds received from the state coffers back to him through his aides after converting the same to United States dollars,” he said.
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