Matawalle petitions EFCC over allegation of stashed billions

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes following an allegation that he stashed billions of Naira in his Abuja residence.

He described the allegation as false and unfounded and targeted at his reelection.

In a petition by his counsel,  Mike Ozekhome, SAN, he said the petition was on the heel of a letter earlier written to the EFCC to dispel the rumour.

He said, “This letter comes on the heels of an earlier letter writ with to you by our client, with a view to dispelling the cocktail of lies woven around our client with a view to presenting the correct facts and our client’s clear position to you.

“Our client categorically states that the entire story amounts to a sheer smear campaign mounted against him by political opponents who are driven by malignant political vendetta and vicious desperation against our client’s ambition to regain his seat as Governor of Zamfara State come 2023.

“Our client has voluntarily offered himself to be thoroughly investigated for the purpose of unearthing these alleged humongous monies and denigrating the governor.”

He, however, demanded that the EFCC investigate the claims by an online medium on the governor.

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