Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Sunday evening raided the Talata-Mafara residence of Ahaji Abdulaziz Yari , the past governor of Zamfara State
The spokesman to the former governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, confirmed this in an interview with reporters on Monday.
Dosara said: “It is true that operatives of the EFCC were at the residence of His Excellency in Talata Mafara yesterday.
“My principal is aware of their coming and they were able to check all the rooms and offices and after several hours of searching, they left.
“This is the highest we can go because we do not know what they are looking for and we cannot preempt their investigation. But we are holding on to the issue for now, pending the outcome of their investigation.
“They are constituted authority and they have the right to investigate anybody.
“Until when they are out with the result of their investigation, we will not be able to go further. When they say something that requires our attention, then we can talk about it.”
EFCC’s acting spokesman, Tony Orilade, said: “We did visit the former governor’s residence in respect of
“What we fight is economic and financial crimes. Whatever allegations we have should be centred around economic and financial crimes.”
The former governor becomes the second notable personality to be raided this year by EFCC after their tenure expired.
A similar raid was conducted on the properties of former Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State.
