Based on EFCC allegations, no less than 58 former governors have been investigated or under investigation since the establishment of the commissionThe former governors have allegedly embezzled N2.187 trillion since the return of democracy in Nigeria 25 years ago, and they cut across regions The report indicated that the figure excluded seized properties of the former governors in different parts of the countryAccording to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), at least 58 former governors have embezzled, looted, misappropriated, or laundered a total of N2.187 trillion in the 25 years since democracy returned to Nigeria.
The figure did not include properties seized worldwide and others currently under investigation worth billions of naira.
Yahaya Bello and other former governors currently under the EFCC probe.
Photo Credit: Ayode Fayose, Yahaya Bello, Bello Matawalle
Source: TwitterThe looted money is equivalent to the 2024 budget of Lagos state (N2.25 trillion) and the entire southeast states ( N2.29 trillion).
The N2.2 trillion is several billion higher than the N1.89 trillion and N1.60 trillion 2024 budgets of the entire states in the north-central and northeast, Vanguard reported.
Among the 58 former governors, drawn from the six regions of the country, some are being probed, while others have been probed, investigated, and prosecuted.
Below is the list of the former governors:
S/NNames of ex-GovernorsStatesThe amount being probed for1 Late Abubakar AuduKogiN10.966 bn2TA Orji and sons AbiaN551 bn3Yahaya Bello KogiN80.2 bn4Chimaroke NnamaniEnuguN5. 3 bn5Sullivan ChimeEnuguN450 million6Kayode FayemiEkitiN4bn7Ayo FayoseEkitiN6.9 bn8Abdullahi AdamuNasarawaN15bn9Danjuma Goje GombeN5bn10Aliyu WamakkoSokotoN15 bn11Sule Lamido JigawaN1.35 bn12Joshua DariyePlateauN1. 16 bn13Timipre Sylva BayelsaN19.2 bn14Saminu Turaki JigawaN36bn15Orji Uzor KaluAbiaN7. 6bn16Bello MatawalleZamfaraN70 bn17Lucky IgbinedionEdoN4. 5 bn18Rabiu KwankwasoKanoN10bn19Peter OdiliRiversN100 bn20Jolly NyameTarabaN1.64 bn21James NgilariAdamawaN167 m22Abdulaziz YariZamfaraN84 bn23Godswill AkpabioAkwa IbomN100bn24Abdul Fatah Ahmed KwaraN9 bn25Ali Mode-SheriffBornoN300bn26Willie ObianoAnambraN43 bn27Ibrahim DankwamboGombeN1. 3bn28Darius IshakuTarabaN39bn29Ramalan YeroKadunaN700m30Achike UdenwaImoN350m31Rochas OkorochaImoN10. 8bn32James Ibori DeltaN40 bn33DSP AlamieyeseighaBayelsaN2.655bn34Gabriel Suswam BenueN3. 111bn35Samuel OrtomBenueN107bn36Murtala NyakoAdamawaN29bn37Rashid LadojaOyo4.7bn38 Christopher Alao-AkalaOyoN11. 5 bn39Abdulkadir KureNigerN600m40Babangida AliyuNigerN4bn41Idris WadaKogiN500m42Ibrahim ShekarauKanoN950m43Adamu Aliero KebbiN10bn44Usman Dakingari and wife KebbiN5. 8bn45Attahiru BafarawaSokotoN19. 6bn46 Jonah JangPlateauN6. 3bn47Aliyu DomaNasarawaN8bn48Tanko Al’MakuraNasarawaN4bn49Boni HarunaAdamawaN93bn50 Bindow JibrilaAdamawaN62bn51Adamu Muazu Bauchi13bn52Isa YugudaBauchiN212bn53Mohammed AbubakarBauchiN8. 5bnYahaya Bello: EFCC arrests three protestersLegit.ng earlier reported that the EFCC has allegedly arrested three pro-Yahaya Bello protesters who took protests to its headquarters in Abuja on Friday, May 3.
This came weeks after the anti-graft agency declared the former governor wanted after he refused to surrender to arrest at his residence in Abuja.
However, an EFCC official who spoke with some protesters in the video said the commission was not interested in renting the crowd and that Bello needed to answer some questions.
Source: Legit.ng
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