Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has accused the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, of demanding $2 million bribe from him.<\/p>\n
He made the allegation amid the growing rift between the governor and the anti-graft agency.<\/p>\n
In a statement on Wednesday, Matawalle called for Bawa\u2019s resignation, saying he had questions to answer on corruption.<\/p>\n
But the EFCC Chairman responded that he had nothing to hide and asked Matawalle to petition appropriate authorities if he had any evidence against him.<\/p>\n
In an interview with BBC Hausa, Matawalle insisted that Bawa could not be trusted.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not just to always blame governors. It is not only governors who have treasury, the federal government also has. What does the EFCC boss do to them? As he is claiming he has evidence on governors, let him show to the world evidence of those at the federal level.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf he exits office, people will surely know he is not an honest person. I have evidence against him. Let him vacate office, I am telling you within 10 seconds probably more than 200 people will bring evidences of bribe he collected from them. He knows what he requested from me but I declined.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe requested a bribe of $2 million from me and I have evidence of this. He knows the house we met, he invited me and told me the conditions. He told me governors were going to his office but I did not. If I don\u2019t have evidence, I won\u2019t say this.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Abdulrasheed Bawa has asked him to provide evidence of corruption against him.<\/p>\n
The anti-graft czar said this while responding to numerous allegations that the governor levelled against him.<\/p>\n
In a statement he personally signed on Wednesday, the governor accused Bawa of corruptly enriching himself while asking the anti -graft boss to excuse himself and surrender for investigation.<\/p>\n
He had said: \u201cI and some eminent Nigerians have evidence of corrupt practices, breach of public trust and abuse of office against him (Bawa) and the commission led by him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Subsequently, EFCC had said Matawalle was being investigated over allegations of corruption, award of phantom contracts and diversion of over N70 billion.<\/p>\n
But during an interview with BBC Hausa, Bawa said that it would be beneficial for Matawalle to provide supporting evidence for his allegations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no human being who is 100% clean, I read somewhere he (Matawalle) asked us to extend our investigation to ministers. We carry out our investigations thoroughly and if Governor Matawalle has knowledge of any minister or governor involved in corrupt practices, he should report it to the appropriate authorities.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf he has records of my purported corrupt practices, the appropriate channels for redress would be through reporting to the police, ICPC, and the Code of Conduct. Subsequently, investigations into such complaints would ensue.\u201d Bawa said.<\/p>\n
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