The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed has accused the federal government of using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to “persecute” him and members of his cabinet over their refusal to join the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He gave the update on Wednesday at the Bauchi government house after receiving an ambassadorial award for safety from the Institute of Safety Professionals in Nigeria.
On Tuesday, the EFCC arraigned Yakubu Adamu, Bauchi state commissioner for finance, over alleged N5.79 billion money laundering.
Adamu allegedly conspired with Ishaku Mohammed Aliyu, managing director of I.S. Makayye Investment Resources Limited, and one Muntaka Duguri, both of whom are said to be at large, to launder N4.65 billion between June and December 2023.
However, the Bauchi governor lamented that despite the constitutional immunity, he is being named in the EFCC motion, targeting members of his cabinet.
Bala said: “As a governor, someone who is the head of the opposition, my commissioner has been kept and will not be released by the EFCC.
“Even when I have immunity as a governor, my name was stupendously mentioned in a motion in a court of law in Nigeria: me, Bala Mohammed.
I woke up to an accusation that I’m being accused of terrorism. My commissioner of finance is being held by the EFCC, and my name is being mentioned in the suit even though I have immunity.
They have not done 1km of road in Bauchi State. They’ve not provided water. Even the security agencies, I’m the one paying them to work for us, and they have the guts to talk.
I have kept quiet for too long. I’m not a coward. The federal government should look at its tax system. In spite of all the impurities, they are still going ahead with it to improvish the common man and the sub nationals (states), and we are keeping quiet.
The APC-led federal government think they can use the court and the EFCC to persecute and prosecute Nigerians that are not in their party. If they don’t stop, we are going to declare war. I won’t allow anyone to criminalise me because I’m not in the APC, and I refuse to join the APC. I will not join the APC.
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