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Contrary to news making the rounds that the immediate-past governor of Zamfara State, Muhammad Bello Matawalle was declared wanted by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the agency has now denied ever declaring him wanted.
Reacting to the news report captioned, “Alleged N70b Fraud: EFCC Declares Ex-Zamfara Gov, Matawalle Wanted”, EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, described the report as false as the agency has procedures for declaring anyone wanted.
Part of the EFCC statement stated, “the attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been drawn to a report, entitled, Alleged N70b Fraud: EFCC Declares Ex-Zamfara Gov, Matawalle Wanted, which appeared in the Sunday Tribune of June 18, 2023 and purports that the commission had declared a former Zamafara State governor, Bello Matawalle wanted and requested the Department of State Service, DSS, to arrest him, ‘anywhere he is seen’.
“The commission has standard procedure for declaring persons wanted and communicating same to the public, not through faceless ‘security sources’.”