The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has denied using proxies to withdraw cash from the bank accounts linked to the State Government. The governor said he had invited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate all his private and official property in order to clear his name from the financial misappropriation levelled against him. In a statement issued on Thursday by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Enlightenment and Media, Alhaji Zailani Bappa, the governor said he had never been involved in payment of salaries in cash.
Gumi knocks Army as 200 killed in Zamfara despite Buhari’s no-fly zone
Eniola Akinkuotu, Solomon Odeniyi, DeborahTolu-Kolawole and Maiharaji Altine
Published 24 June 2021
Published 24 June 2021
The Nigerian Army and a popular Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, on Wednesday disagreed over the latter’s allegation that security agents were collaborating with bandits.
Gumi, while featuring on Morning Show, a programme on
Arise TV, on Wednesday, alleged that a lot of those he described as bad elements in the nation’s security forces were colluding with bandits.
The cleric stated that the bandits had been able to access assorted weapons that they used against Nigeria due to the cooperation of the security agents.
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There are indications that the government might consider releasing some arrested bandits as a part of the bargains to secure the release of 27 pupils and 15 workers of Government Science College, Kagara, in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, kidnapped on Wednesday.
It was learnt on Friday that the group of bandits responsible for the abduction wanted their gang members in custody of security agencies released as a swap deal to free the abductees.
Bandits in military uniform had reportedly stormed the school around 2am on Wednesday, and seized their victims, killing a Senior Secondary School 3 pupil who raised the alarm in the process.