A pressure group, Sokoto State Progressives for Integrity and Accountable Leadership has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene and ensure non-interference in the investigation of the N12 billion contract scam against the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Ahmed Aliyu. Aliyu who was the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF). The governorship candidate has been accused of embezzling N12 billion take-off grant for the award of contracts.
N12Billion Nigeria Police Fund Scam: Group Writes President Buhari, Wants Politicians Stopped From Undermining Probe Of Sokoto APC Gov CandidateAliyu who was the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund . The governorship candidate has been accused of embezzling N12 billion take-off grant for the award of contracts.
Aliyu who was the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund . The governorship candidate has been accused of embezzling N12 billion take-off grant for the award of contracts. The group said,"One of the alleged interlopers against lawful inquiry include the Senator of the Federal Republic for Sokoto North, and current Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption, the Sokoto State APC leader, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, against whom there is a subsisting petition with the EFCC, which has obviously not been treated since 2019.
“You have repeatedly assured the international community and citizens of this country of your commitment to bequeathing credible elections in 2023. However, evidence abounds on their stubborn nocturnal manoeuvres to undermine your pledge."We view these posturings as serious infractions, and infringement on the course of justice, which stand against every fibre of the principle, for which Your Excellency is renowned.
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