Alleged N2.9bn fraud: panel indicts ex-gov Bafarawa, others – Govt pushes for their prosecution – Tribune
October 30, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi
A commission of inquiry set up by the present administration of Governor Aliyu Magatarkarda Wamakko of Sokoto State, has indicted the former governor of the state, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa and some members of his administration of N2.9 billion fraud.
The government’s white paper, released on the report of the commission of Inquiry, headed by Alhaji Mohammadu Aminu Ahmad, indicated that Bafarawa and others were to refund the said sum to the coffers of the state local governments’ joint account, following the alleged mismanagement of funds under various subheads.
The state Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Alhaji Inuwa Abdukadir, who made public the details of the white paper, said that the government had accepted most of the recommendations of the commission of inquiry, which probed the former governor and some of his aides.
