The former Governor of Sokoto State Aminu Tambuwal has been arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over corruption allegations.
Penpushing further reports that sources said Tambuwal arrived the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) headquarters around 11:30 a.m. on Monday and was detained at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
The sources who does not want his name in the print said Tambuwal was detained over alleged fraudulent cash withdrawals to the tune of N189 billion, adding that the commission went after him in the belief that the withdrawals were in violation of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
Penpushing also reports that the sources said the 59-year-old Tambuwal, who was the Speaker of the House of Representatives between 2011 and 2015, was still facing interrogations by detectives as of Monday evening.
The politician who became the House of Representatives speaker in 2011 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), became a pioneer member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which swept to power at the centre in 2015.
Penpushing reports that Tambuwal rode on the popularity of the All Progressives Congress(APC) to become the governor of Sokoto State. Before the 2019 general elections, he returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and ran for and won second term as governor in 2019.
The detained Tambuwal is one of the key opposition leaders promoting the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition, which aims to unseat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election, and it is recalled that in the twilight of his second and final term as governor, he won the election to the Senate to represent Sokoto South.
Penpushing further reports that spokesperson of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Dele Oyewale, declined comment on Tambuwal’s detention Monday evening.
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