Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, former Governor of Sokoto State, has spoken about his encounter with operatives of the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee, EFCC.
DAILY POST studies that the anti-graft company had detained the previous governor in Abuja over alleged fraudulent withdrawal of money to the tune of N189 billion.
Addressing his supporters upon his return to Sokoto on Thursday, Tambuwal revealed that he was first invited by EFCC, stating that he went voluntarily to their workplace on August 6.
In line with him, after preliminary rounds of questioning, the anti-graft company allowed him to go however he was requested to report again on August 10 and 11 for additional questioning.
He mentioned after hours of interrogation in the course of the observe-up go to, his authorized staff requested that he ought to be allowed to return residence however the EFCC officers insisted that he should produce two sureties.
In line with Tambuwal, the EFCC insisted that the sureties should be administrators within the Federal Civil Service with letters of introduction from their employers.
“I instructed them to return and inform the chairman of the EFCC that I am a former Speaker of the Home of Representatives with an unblemished file, a two-time period Governor of Sokoto State, a serving Senator, and a Commander of the Order of the Niger. I ought to be allowed to go on self-recognition”, he mentioned.
The previous governor lamented that regardless of the appeals, the EFCC operatives refused to range the bail circumstances however opted to detain him till the bail circumstances have been met the next day.
Tambuwal, who asserted that his detention was politically motivated, insisted that he can’t be intimidated.
“I can’t be intimidated. I can’t be blackmailed. Nobody can tarnish my data.
“In Nigeria right this moment, there are two strains: these with Bola Tinubu and his authorities, and people with the individuals of Nigeria. We selected to face with the individuals,” he declared.
