Ibrahim Magu, the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has disclosed that Governors fuel insecurity to raise security votes. The EFCC boss who spoke in Abuja at the induction programme for returning and newly-elected state governors held at the Presidential Villa, made the allegation in his paper, titled,  “Imperative of Fighting Corruption/Terrorism Financing in Nigeria,” which he presented during the event. 

Magu who disclosed how Governors fuel insecurity to raise security votes in his paper presentation, alleged that there was a link between corruption, banditry and terrorism.He noted that some of the governors “now covertly promote insecurity as justification to inflate their security vote.” He further revealed that the debate on the legality of the security vote enjoyed by the governors was ongoing, but he chose to refrain from joining the fray.

He said, “We have also seen evidence of theft of public resources by some state governors –  cashing in on the insecurity in their states. Insecurity has also offered the required oxygen for corruption to thrive as evident in the $2.1bn arms procurement scandal involving top military commanders both serving and retired.”


https://unclesuru.com/2019/05/02/governors-fuel-insecurity-to-raise-security-votes-magu/


lalasticlala, seun, mynd44, dominique

wow... this is a serious allegation...

it's not news... it's a normal modus operandi in the North, it helps them get away without building infrastructures while looting allocations and grant.

That is part of the reason insecurity is increasing rather than reducing despite billions of dollars plunged into its tackle.