The activities of certain governors, whose tenure is set to expire on May 29, will be investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), as revealed yesterday.
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State acknowledged receiving a letter from the agency but expressed his objection to what he perceived as the consistent criticism of governors by the anti-graft agency.
He expressed dissatisfaction with a statement made by the Chairman of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, regarding invitations sent to outgoing governors and commissioners to initiate investigations into alleged corruption and abuse of power during their time in office.
Matawalle released a statement in Abuja, emphasizing that while political office holders should be held accountable for their actions, the EFCC should conduct investigations into public officials with fairness and integrity.
He also questioned the justification for limiting the investigation to governors and wondered why the EFCC had not extended its probe to federal-level public servants.
However, officials from the agency could not confirm the planned probe, stating that if any letters were sent, they would not be “blanket invitations.”
Matawalle insisted that the investigation should be comprehensive rather than selective, stating that “the recent invitations and statements by the EFCC chairman are biased, incomplete, hypocritical, and unnecessarily skewed.”
