Friday, August 15, 2025 - Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, former Governor of Sokoto State, has spoken about his encounter with operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The anti-graft agency had detained the former governor in
Abuja over alleged fraudulent withdrawal of cash to the tune of N189 billion.
Addressing his supporters upon his return to Sokoto on
Thursday, Tambuwal revealed that he was first invited by EFCC, stating that he
went voluntarily to their office on August 6.
According to him, after initial rounds of questioning, the
anti-graft agency allowed him to go but he was asked to report back on August
10 and 11 for further questioning.
He said after hours of interrogation during the follow-up
visit, his legal team requested that he should be allowed to return home but
the EFCC officials insisted that he must produce two sureties.
According to Tambuwal, the EFCC insisted that the sureties
must be directors in the Federal Civil Service with letters of introduction
from their employers.
“I told them to go back and tell the chairman of the EFCC
that I am a former Speaker of the House of Representatives with an unblemished
record, a two-term Governor of Sokoto State, a serving Senator, and a Commander
of the Order of the Niger. I should be allowed to go on self-recognition”, he
said.
The former governor lamented that despite the appeals, the
EFCC operatives refused to vary the bail conditions but opted to detain him
until the bail conditions were met the following day.
Tambuwal, who asserted that his detention was politically
motivated, insisted that he cannot be intimidated.
“I cannot be intimidated. I cannot be blackmailed. No one
can tarnish my records.
“In Nigeria today, there are two lines: those with Bola
Tinubu and his government, and those with the people of Nigeria. We chose to
stand with the people,” he declared.
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