Fresh trouble appears to be brewing for Chief Timipre Sylva,Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko and Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, three of the five governors, sacked on Friday by the Supreme Court.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) ,according to indications in Abuja yesterday,is revisiting some of their deeds while they were in office and immune from arrest.

Some commissioners in the Sylva (Bayelsa State) and Idris (Kogi) administrations were already facing trial for alleged mismanagement of funds before Friday’s judgement.

Allegations against Wamakko (Sokoto) were sent to the EFCC and other security agencies by the campaign directorate of a former Minister of Transport, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman.

Suleiman lost the PDP governorship primary ticket to Wamakko.

The petition, signed by the Director-General of Yusuf Suleiman Campaign Organization, Amb. Abdullahi Ladan Shuni alleged improprieties in the state ill-fated Independent Power Project and the State Universal Basic Education Board.

Sources said the affected ex-governors may be invited by the anti-graft agency to clarify some issues on some projects.

They may also be asked about certain approvals given to some of their aides, especially commissioners.

“There is no doubt that we have been investigating the activities of some of these ex-governors in the last two years. Since they had immunity, we invited state officials as applicable,” one EFCC source said.

“We may invite these ex-governors to clarify a few things concerning approvals having been implicated by their former aides. If they have no case to answer, we will let them go.

“You should know that we no longer engage in media trial. Once a prima facie case is established against some of these ex-governors, we will let the public know.

“For instance the EFCC had filed charges against the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Finance, Dr. Charles Sylva Osuala, and three others for allegedly diverting over N2.3billion.

“Others are the state Accountant-General, Francis Okokuro, Director of Treasury, Abbot T. Clinton, and Director of Finance, Ikobho Anthony Howells.

“Concerning Kogi State , the EFCC is currently trying some former commissioners and Local Government officials under ex-Governor Idris.

“The accused are Stephen Asala, former chairman of Yagba West Local Government Area; Obaro Kayode, former chairman of Yagba East Local Government Area and Tolorunjuwon Faniyi, former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.

“Others are Samuel Ojo, former Commissioner for Agriculture; Enesi Suleiman, former caretaker chairman of Adavi Local Government Area and Yahaya Abubakar, former chairman of Okene Local Government Area.”

The only allegations against Wamakko ,it was gathered ,came from Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman.

The Director-General of Yusuf Suleiman Campaign Organization, Amb. (Senator) Abdullahi Ladan Shuni, in a statement yesterday said: “”Shortly after the Supreme Court judgment on the tenure of some state governors yesterday (Friday), our attention was called to strange movement of files from various ministries in Sokoto State to a private house in an area in Sokoto.

“The movement also included those of political office holders, commissioners and heads of government parastatals and departments and their supportive staff.

“Some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyal members who were at the venue of the meeting confirmed to us that a number of documents were out rightly burnt while others were replaced from various files.

“We strongly believe that the documents so destroyed were those related with the recent curious withdrawals from the Primary Education board’s account, flood disasters relief account, local government joint account and the new Sokoto State University project account.

“A total of N14.6 billion Naira was withdrawn from these accounts within the last three months.

“A breakdown of the withdrawals includes N4b from the Primary Education board in the Sokoto branch of a second generation bank; over N2.5 billion from the state and local government joint account and the N1.6billion donated by the Federal Government and other Nigerians to victims of the recent flood disaster in the state.

“Others are the N8.6 billion allegedly spent on the state university without anything on the ground to show for such expenses.

“We therefore call on the security agencies in the country to investigate as matter of urgency the movement of both files and withdrawals from the state government accounts within the last three months and those found guilty be brought to book.”

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Good move

They should be audited,from the day they took offices as rogue till the day they got caught out.

Uduagban case should be revisited as well.

Another public show-off. Nonsence