₦70b Fraud: We have not declared Matawalle wanted, says EFCC

By : Jimisayo Opanuga

Date: 19 June 2023 4:08pm WAT

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, poses for a portrait in Gusau, on December 3, 2019. - Attacks on villages has seen gangs of ìbanditsî terrorise remote communities for years in this impoverished region of Zamfara. Zamfaraís government brokered a controversial peace deal to halt the spiral of violence between bandits and armed vigilante groups opposing them. At a ceromony before the regional governor Bello Matawale, hundreds of the fighters unloaded sacks full of Kalashnikovs and locally made hunting rifles as part of their promise to disarm. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP)

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, poses for a portrait in Gusau, on December 3, 2019. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has not declared former Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle wanted.

EFCC spokesperson Wilson Uwujaren disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.

Uwujaren, in response to the report titled “Alleged N70bn Fraud: EFCC Declares Ex-Zamfara Gov. Matawalle Wanted,” said the report is incorrect without prejudice to the case involving the former governor.

According to him, the commission has yet to declare Matawalle wanted or solicit the assistance of any agency, including the Department of State Service (DSS), to effect his arrest.

He also noted that the anti-graft agency has a standard procedure for declaring individuals wanted and communicating the same to the public, not through faceless “security sources”.

₦70b Fraud: We have not declared Matawalle wanted, says EFCC

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