The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee has launched former Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, a day after detaining him over alleged fraudulent money withdrawals totalling N189 billion.
In accordance with The Punch, Tambuwal, now representing Sokoto South within the Senate, was freed on Tuesday after assembly his bail situations.
He had honoured an EFCC invitation on Monday, arriving on the fee’s Abuja headquarters at about 11:30 a.m., the place he was interrogated and detained in a single day.
In accordance with EFCC sources, the withdrawals beneath investigation allegedly violated the Cash Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022. “The withdrawals had been in flagrant violation of the Act,” one official mentioned, including that the probe is ongoing.
The Punch additionally reported {that a} supply, who spoke on situation of anonymity, confirmed his launch. “He has been granted administrative bail. He met the bail situations and has been launched,” the supply mentioned.
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In the meantime, former vp and 2023 Peoples Democratic Social gathering presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, condemned the detention, calling it political persecution.
In a put up on X, Atiku alleged the transfer was a part of a plan by President Bola Tinubu’s administration to strain opposition figures into becoming a member of the All Progressives Congress.
“The one cause the @officialEFCC has detained the previous Governor of Sokoto State, Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, @AWTambuwal, is as a result of he’s a member of the opposition coalition. It’s a continuation of the Tinubu-led administration’s agenda to harass, intimidate, and decimate the opposition,” Atiku wrote.
