Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) earlier today searched the residence of the former Education Minister, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau.
Shekarau has been in the custody of the commission in Kano since Thursday.
A source close to the commission hinted Daily Trustthat EFCC operatives stormed the former minister's residence along Mundubawa road in Kano metropolis at exactly8amfor the search.
The operatives, accompanied by Shekarau searched the house for several hours before they left the house with him at1:15pm.
However, a source close to the former governor, confirmed that the operatives did not find anything incriminating against Shekarau.
Asked why the former governor was still in the custody of the commission, the source said the EFCC said have not receive directives from the above the release him despite the fact that he had met all the laid down conditions.
"They demanded two federal directors and we have presented them to the commission, yet they refused to release Malam," the source wondered.
Shekarau is being accused of receiving N25m out of the N950m the former Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Aminu Bashir Wali collected for ex-President Jonathan's campaign.
However, Wali, who accompanied Shekarau to the commissionon Thursdayhas been released after admiting colecting of N25m of the N950m as contingency allowance.
A source at the EFCC told our reporter that the former education minister was remanded for his insistence that he did not collect the said N25m.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday interrogated former Governor of Akwa Ibom State Godswill Akpabio over allegation of financial crimes. Daily Trust gathered that Akpabio honoured the invitation by the anti-graft agency to explain allegations of looting of the state’s funds during his tenure. Sources told our correspondent that Senator Akpabio was being interrogated late yesterday evening at the Abuja head offices of the Commission. He was spotted at the EFFC office in company of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Rickey Tarfa, at about 5:20pm. Akpabio’s arrest yesterday is fallout of the petition by an Abuja-based lawyer and activist, Leo Ekpenyong, who had on June 8 this year petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari and the EFCC, calling for Senator Akpabio’s probe and accusing him of looting. The petitioner had earlier on Wednesday adopted his petition and provided more details to the anti-graft agency on the allegations against the minority leader of People...
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