By Olusegun Olanrewaju
A governor in one of the northern states is said to be in trouble with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly ‘personally withdrawing’ N60 billion in cash from his state’s treasury.

This was disclosed in the latest edition of the anti-graft commission’s own story which broke yesterday in EFCC Alert publication. According to the report, the unnamed concerned governor is from the North-Central part of the country. His name was not given.

EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, who spoke in the latest edition of the magazine, said, “I can tell you for free that the new Department of Intelligence that we have created is working wonders.

“They have come up with a lot of intelligence. In one of them, a governor in a North-Central state within the last six years (one individual) has withdrawn over N60 billion in cash.”

Bawa added, “We are looking at all of that, and I assure you that at the end of all of our investigations, Nigerians are going to be briefed of what we are doing behind the scenes on cybercrime, politically exposed persons as well as engaging government agencies to ensure that we have better processes and procedures on how to do government business.”

On convictions of elements who have committed economic and financial crimes, Bawa said that from January to November 16, 2021, the anti-graft agency recorded an unprecedented 1,576 convictions.

The chairman said: “We are changing the narrative here because I will also want to report that 122 were discharged and acquitted. Now, compare that with the success that we have recorded in terms of convictions. It shows that we lost less than 10 per cent of our cases.”

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Bawa also vowed to pursue all ongoing corruption cases to a logical conclusion no matter who is involved and send a strong message to corrupt elements in the country, disclosing that no fewer than 1,499 persons had already been convicted.