The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared wanted the
immediate past Governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema, over an alleged
N76bn fraud.
It was said that EFCC declared him wanted sequel to allegation leveled against him by his successor, Governor Aminu Masari.
In a gazette signed by the spokesman for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, the anti-graft agency said Shema had ignored all invitations by the EFCC.
The gazette read in part, “The public is hereby notified that Ibrahim Shema, a former Governor of Kastina State, is wanted by the EFCC in connection with a case of criminal conspiracy, inflation of contracts, abuse of office, diversion of funds and embezzlement, running into billions of naira. “The former governor ignored several invitations by the commission since December 1, 2015, when he was first summoned by the agency. All efforts to locate him at his known addresses in Katsina and Abuja were futile.
“The 59-year-old ex-governor hails from the Dutsena-ma Local Government Area of Katsina State. He is tall, light in complexion and speaks Hausa and English fluently. Anybody, having useful information as to his whereabouts, should contact the commission.”
Masari had expressed dissatisfaction with the handover note presented to him by Shema, prompting him to set up a probe panel into the administration of Shema.
Masari had said he had “concrete evidence” to drag his predecessor before the anti-graft agency to recover all stolen funds.
According to Masari, there are some mistakes that can be forgiven, “but N70bn is a huge amount of money that we cannot overlook.”
It was said that EFCC declared him wanted sequel to allegation leveled against him by his successor, Governor Aminu Masari.
In a gazette signed by the spokesman for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, the anti-graft agency said Shema had ignored all invitations by the EFCC.
The gazette read in part, “The public is hereby notified that Ibrahim Shema, a former Governor of Kastina State, is wanted by the EFCC in connection with a case of criminal conspiracy, inflation of contracts, abuse of office, diversion of funds and embezzlement, running into billions of naira. “The former governor ignored several invitations by the commission since December 1, 2015, when he was first summoned by the agency. All efforts to locate him at his known addresses in Katsina and Abuja were futile.
“The 59-year-old ex-governor hails from the Dutsena-ma Local Government Area of Katsina State. He is tall, light in complexion and speaks Hausa and English fluently. Anybody, having useful information as to his whereabouts, should contact the commission.”
Masari had expressed dissatisfaction with the handover note presented to him by Shema, prompting him to set up a probe panel into the administration of Shema.
Masari had said he had “concrete evidence” to drag his predecessor before the anti-graft agency to recover all stolen funds.
According to Masari, there are some mistakes that can be forgiven, “but N70bn is a huge amount of money that we cannot overlook.”
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