Nigeria's Anti-Graft Agency Launches Mass Probes of Governors, Deputies PremiumTimesng: Nigeria
has begun mass investigations of governors and their deputies, many of whom will leave office and lose constitutional immunity from prosecution in a few days' time, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report.
Details of the cases EFCC has against the officials are not immediately clear, but the commission said in its letter addressed to the chairperson of CCB, Mohammed Isah, that it needs the asset declaration documents to facilitate an ongoing investigation involving them. "In order to facilitate the investigation, you are kindly requested to furnish the commission with the Certified True Copy of the Asset Declaration Forms filled by each of the subject for period stated against their respective names.
The Nigerian constitution, however, confers immunity from criminal prosecution on serving president, vice-president, governors, and deputy governors. Many governors control the resources of their states with minimal or non-existent checks and balances, contributing to making Nigeria one of the poorly rated in terms of corruption, according to an annual survey by watchdog Transparency International.
Earlier in March 2021, the EFCC similarly detained a former governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed. Mr Dariye and Mr Nyame didn't serve half the length of their jail terms when President Muhammadu Buhari controversially granted them pardons in 2022.Last week, the EFCC disclosed publicly that Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State, whose name appears on the anti-graft agency's list of possible corruption suspects, is being investigated over the alleged diversion of N70 billion from the state's treasury.
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