Former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over allegations of corruption.
Yari was arrested on Tuesday by EFCC operatives and taken to the Sokoto office of the commission where he was drilled for hours and detained.
EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, who confirmed the arrest and detention of Yari, said the ex-governor was interrogated for over seven hours before he was detained.
Another official of the EFCC, who confirmed the development, said due to the enormity of the corruption charges against Yari, he might have to be in the commission’s custody for at least one week while investigations progressed.
“The cases involving ex-governor Yari are quite enormous and we expect to have him in our custody for one week or more,” the official said.
Some of the alleged financial infractions against Yari include the sum of $56,056.75 reportedly lodged in his account with Polaris Bank; N12.9m, N11.2m, $303m, N217,388.04 and $311.8m said to be kept in different Zenith Bank accounts in the name of Yari and his companies.
Recall that the former governor was in February grilled by EFCC operatives in Lagos, while the Federal High Court in Abuja had, on January 26, 2021, ordered the final forfeiture of funds belonging to Yari domiciled in Zenith and Polaris Banks.
