Corruption: Group asks EFCC to prosecute ex Bauchi gov, Abubakar

The Bauchi State Coalition Against Financial Crimes and Injustice has given three days ultimatum to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to commence investigation on the corruption allegations levelled against the fomer governor of the state, Mohammed Abubakar and prosecute him or they will be left with no option but to sue the Commission in court.


Chairman of the coalition, Alhaji Bibi Dogo stated this Sunday, at a press conference in Bauchi, where he said the coalition has filed several petitions to the EFCC against the alleged corrupt practices of the former governor since when he allegedly obtained a four billion Naira loan within 11 days of his assumption of office but it did not act on it.


 “We observed the award of various contracts that were not executed in the State during the past administration but still the antigraft agency remained mute, they didn’t do anything about it.


 “We have visited the EFCC several times and gave clarifications of the locations where the properties that we suspected the governor obtained through corrupt practices are but the EFCC deliberately refused to investigate him” He claimed.


He alleged  that before Ex governor Abubakar  became a governor he had only one House in Bauchi and after he became a governor in Kano State alone he has properties worth over Ten billion Naira (10bn).


“He bought a House near Kano State government house, there is another One in Ahmadu Bello Way Kano, he has another House along Sokoto Road in Kano State and A House with a Chemist near their Family House at Gyadi- Gyadi apart from the locations of his properties in Abuja and even outside the country but still the EFCC were still silent about the issue.” He lamented.


Burtressing his points, Dogo alleged that the past government purchased 500 tractors at  N880 million Naira out of which less than 30 were supplied, 60 Buses at the cost of one billion Naira out of which only eight arrived the State and allegedly collected over N8 billion loan for Ancho Borrowers programme but were allegedly not distributed to farmers.

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