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Some protesters on Friday stormed the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja, asking the commission to reopen the investigations of a former Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle. The EFCC Director of Public Affairs, Wilson Uwujaren, who received the protest letter on behalf of the Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, assured the protesters that the commission would pursue corruption cases to a logical conclusion.
The EFCC has assured the public that it will continue with the alleged N70 billion corruption case against the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, during his tenure as the Governor of Zamfara State from 2019 to 2023.
The President of the National Movement for Defence of Democracy and Good Governance (NMDDGG), Goddie Akpama, has been whisked away by Nigerian police in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. SaharaReporters learnt that Akpama was taken away during a press conference on Thursday. Akpama was said to have been arrested by police officers and taken to the state command where he met the police commissioner and was made to sign an undertaking not to hold an event or procession on behalf of Dr. Betta Edu, the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.
The renewed fight against corruption by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seems as if it will not be ending soon as the anti-graft agencies