The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will begin investigation into the activities of some of the governors whose tenure expire on May 29, it was learnt yesterday.
The anti-graft body, which has written to some of them, is also beaming the searchlight on the commissioners who served in their administrations.
Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle, who confirmed the receipt of the agency’s letter, objected to what he described as “the consistent castigatiom of governors by the anti-graft agency”.
He frowned at a statement credited to EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, that he has sent invitations to outgoing governors and commissioners in a bid to begin investigation into alleged corruption and abuse of office perpetrated by them while in office.
Matawalle said in a statement in Abuja that while political office holders should account for their actions in office, EFCC should exercise its power to investigate targeted public officials judiciously.
He also queried the basis for restricting the investigation to governors, wondering why EFCC has not extended the same probe to public servants at the federal level.
However, officials of the agency could not confirmed the planned probe, merely saying that if there were letters by the anti-graft body, it could not have been “blanket invitations”.
