Alleged N84bn fraud : EFCC nabs ex-Zamfara Governor, Yari

Operatives of the  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested a former governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’aziz Yari.

Sources within the EFCC hinted that the former governor was arrested for his alleged role in the N84 billion fraud involving a former Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmad Idris.

Yari  was said to have been picked up at about 5pm on Sunday for allegedly benefitting to the tune of N22 billion from the N84 billion which the former AGF reportedly paid to one Akindele.

Sources added that the anti-graft agency also arrested one Anthony Yaro who is the Chairman and Managing Director of Finex Professional – the company through which former Governor Yari allegedly benefited from the fund.

The former governor’s arrest came barely a day after he won the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest for one of the three senatorial district seats of Zamfara State in the National Assembly

The former Accountant General of the Federation, Idris was arrested in mid-May over allegations of money laundering and diversion of public funds in excess of N80 billion.

He was reportedly intercepted in Kano State by EFCC operatives and flown to Abuja for interrogation.

Amid controversy trailing his arrest, the Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, suspended him from office.

The government has since appointed Mr Anamekwe Nwabuoku as the acting Accountant General of the Federation.