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BREAKING: EFCC Intercepts Gold Bars Worth ₦4 Billion at Kano Airport, Trail Linked to Former Zamfara State Governor, Yari


A credible insider source within the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed that operatives of the anti-graft agency successfully intercepted gold bars valued at approximately ₦4 billion at the Aminu Kano International Airport, with the consignment allegedly traced to Senator Abdul Aziz Yari Abubakar, former Governor of Zamfara State.

The source, who was an active member of the interception team, revealed that the gold bars were allegedly being smuggled out of the country with the assistance of one Aliyu Baffa, an airport security personnel, in collaboration with two other suspects. Those apprehended have since voluntarily confessed, without any form of coercion, to being members of a cartel allegedly controlled by Senator Yari, which is said to be engaged in large-scale illegal mining operations spanning Zamfara, Kaduna, and Kebbi States.

A senior security official at the Aminu Kano International Airport, who requested anonymity, recounted the sequence of events: “Our men on duty observed suspicious items concealed within 15 suitcases being loaded aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight destined for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and immediately alerted the EFCC, resulting in the interception of the physical gold bars.”

Subsequent investigations revealed that a close associate of Senator Yari, identified as a prominent member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), allegedly made contact with EFCC officials in a bid to secure the release of the seized gold through inducement. The attempt was firmly rejected. The associate was also denied access to officials of the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigeria Immigration Service, and airport security authorities. He was subsequently advised to communicate to Senator Yari the need to appear before the Commission for questioning, as Baffa and the two other suspects had explicitly named the former governor as the principal actor in the case.
In a related development, a known confidant of the former Senator, presently serving as a member of the House of Representatives, was reportedly spotted in a private discussion within the premises of the EFCC Kano State regional office, accompanied by two other individuals.

Senator Yari has been the subject of repeated allegations concerning his involvement in illegal mining activities. He has also been accused of channelling proceeds from illegal mining and stamp duty revenues into the financing of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

At the time of compiling this report, Senator Yari had not responded to multiple telephone calls and had failed to acknowledge 21 text messages sent to him seeking his reaction to the allegations.

Nothing but proceeds from illegal mining...


A lot of illegal mining of gold and other mineral resources going on in northern Nigeria.


In the end nothing will come out of this and the matter swept under the carpet.


This is where I like countries like Ghana. The matter won't be swept under the carpet so easily... even though they have their own issues but who doesn't.


Nigeria really needs to wake up and take a cue from some of these countries.


As they say person wey never leave him father farm go say his father's Cocoa farm is the biggest in the world!

Denials and counter denials will follow then next thing bandits will request it as a condition to release hostages

This is the last we will hear about the case.

In the end nothing will come out of it and nothing will be heard about the case again ever.

brain54:
Nothing but proceeds from illegal mining...


A lot of illegal mining of gold and other mineral resources going on in northern Nigeria.


In the end nothing will come out of this and the matter swept under the carpet.


This is where I like countries like Ghana. The matter won't be swept under the carpet so easily... even though they have their own issues but who doesn't.


Nigeria really needs to wake up and take a cue from some of these countries.


As they say person wey never leave him father farm go say his father's Cocoa farm is the biggest in the world!

Then why you like Ghana?🤷
Some of Una sha.

HenryStarlife:
Then why you like Ghana?🤷
Some of Una sha.

I just commended Ghana for what they would have done right and differently...


You are still asking me then why you come like Ghana.


Of everything I wrote there that's the only thing you could see and take away?


Then you ended by saying some of una sha. Reminds me of the story of a mentally challenged and unstable man that went to hide under shade on a very sunny and hot day saying aloud oboy this sun fit make person kolu o!

Do you still wonder how and why insecurity has been lingering f or too long ?
Do you remember when UAE sent list of terror sponsors in Nigeria ?
Imagine UAE an Islamic nation sending us lis t of those who have been sponsoring killing and destructions of farm lands across the country while in pretence of Islamisation agenda but hell No our Gold and solid minerals have been the main goal all this while .

Illegal mining.. this fuels insecurity too with the attendant influence from foreign countries. Zamfara and other illegal mining states need to be really put on watch. Alot of theft is happening.... If China can be buying ordinary sand from Zamfara just to source for mineral then why should we still be living in poverty in Nigeria.

Oluwabash:
BREAKING: EFCC Intercepts Gold Bars Worth ₦4 Billion at Kano Airport, Trail Linked to Former Zamfara State Governor, Yari


A credible insider source within the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed that operatives of the anti-graft agency successfully intercepted gold bars valued at approximately ₦4 billion at the Aminu Kano International Airport, with the consignment allegedly traced to Senator Abdul Aziz Yari Abubakar, former Governor of Zamfara State.

The source, who was an active member of the interception team, revealed that the gold bars were allegedly being smuggled out of the country with the assistance of one Aliyu Baffa, an airport security personnel, in collaboration with two other suspects. Those apprehended have since voluntarily confessed, without any form of coercion, to being members of a cartel allegedly controlled by Senator Yari, which is said to be engaged in large-scale illegal mining operations spanning Zamfara, Kaduna, and Kebbi States.

A senior security official at the Aminu Kano International Airport, who requested anonymity, recounted the sequence of events: “Our men on duty observed suspicious items concealed within 15 suitcases being loaded aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight destined for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and immediately alerted the EFCC, resulting in the interception of the physical gold bars.”

Subsequent investigations revealed that a close associate of Senator Yari, identified as a prominent member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), allegedly made contact with EFCC officials in a bid to secure the release of the seized gold through inducement. The attempt was firmly rejected. The associate was also denied access to officials of the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigeria Immigration Service, and airport security authorities. He was subsequently advised to communicate to Senator Yari the need to appear before the Commission for questioning, as Baffa and the two other suspects had explicitly named the former governor as the principal actor in the case.
In a related development, a known confidant of the former Senator, presently serving as a member of the House of Representatives, was reportedly spotted in a private discussion within the premises of the EFCC Kano State regional office, accompanied by two other individuals.

Senator Yari has been the subject of repeated allegations concerning his involvement in illegal mining activities. He has also been accused of channelling proceeds from illegal mining and stamp duty revenues into the financing of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

At the time of compiling this report, Senator Yari had not responded to multiple telephone calls and had failed to acknowledge 21 text messages sent to him seeking his reaction to the allegations.

The same Yari that is coordinating Tinubu's Renewed Hopelessness re-election campaign or another one?

HenryStarlife:
Then why you like Ghana?🤷
Some of Una sha.

Why would anyone like Nigeria? A country full of corruption and eternal recklessness! Where there is no justice, banditry and violence thrives! How would anyone in his/her sense like a place where people live like animals. Tufiakwa!!