Arrest Wamakko now, Bafarawa petitions EFCC

A former governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Dalhatu
Bafarawa, who was last year discharged and acquitted of corruption
charges preferred against him by the EFCC, yesterday submitted a
counter-petition against his successor, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda
Wamakko, at the zonal office of the anti-graft agency just
established in Sokoto.

Submitting the petition to the Zonal Head of EFCC, Ahmed Lateef,
the former governor stated that the case should be revisited so
that Wamakko would be compelled to account for the money totalling
about N13 billion which he left behind when he finished his
tenure.

According to him, the amount included N11.8 billion he left in
the coffers of the state government, N500 million belonging to the
Maccido Institute for Qur’an and General Studies and iron rods
worth over N1 billion.

He said that his business suffered and that he lost a lot of
money during the trial which lasted about eleven years.

He explained that since Senator Wamakko no longer enjoyed
immunity just like himself, the EFCC should investigate his
petition to ascertain the truth of the matter and clear his name
once and for all, adding that he was in possession of all the
documentary evidence.

Bafarawa said that he was encouraged to file the petition by his
acquittal and discharge and that he had always been part of the
fight against corruption as he insisted on state governors giving
an account of their federal allocations.

Receiving the petition, the EFCC Zonal Head assured Bafarawa
that the petition which he listed as number 001, would be
thoroughly investigated in order to ensure that justice is done at
the end of the day.

He assured the petitioner that the Commission would work on the
case without fair or favour