EFCC opens up on declaring former APC governor wanted

  • The EFCC has denied the report that it has declared Bello Matawalle, the former governor of Zamfara State, wanted
  • A statement from the commission’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, also denied the claim that it EFCC begged the DSS to help arrest the former governor wherever he was found
  • Matawalle of APC was earlier accused by his successor, Dauda Lawal of PDP, and harassed by the police over alleged stolen vehicles but went to the court to wash clean

Gusau, Zamfara – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied the report that it has declared the former Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State wanted.

Wilson Uwujaren, the antigraft’s head of media and publicity, made the denial in a statement on the EFCC page on Twitter on Sunday, June 18.