The former Accountant General of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aminu Abdullahi, has said the former Gov. Attahiru Bafarawa didn’t leave N13 billion in the state government coffers.
Addressing a press briefing on Thursday, Abdullahi debunked the claims made by Bafarawa while inaugurating his N1billion foundation on Wednesday in Sokoto.
He said based on the claim, the then administration of former Gov. Aliyu Wamakko, constituted an investigative committee which was headed by Alhaji Abdurrahman Namadina, and there was no where such amount was traced.
” Namadina’s committee scrutinised all the then government banks’ accounts and tendered statements to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) during a prolonged trial.
“The then UBA main account carried the balance of N254. 5 million as at May 29, 2007 while only N7. 3 million was discovered in the state government’s VAT account, ” Abdullahi said.
He explained that the then Gov. Wamakko refused to operate any of the 27 bank accounts inherited from Bafarawa’s administration and were all closed because they became subject of litigation during the period.
“Every responsible person should know that Bafarawa’s claim had been proven false as a Court had delivered a verdict on the issue,” he said.
Abdullahi said that Bafarawa’s claim was baseless, misleading the people or mischievous for simple political gain because an issue of 17 years has been resurrected.
”The question still remains which account was that N13 billion domiciled, as we provided all the bank account numbers and statements, the former governor needed to provide the same detailed explanation, ” former Accountant General argued.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bafarawa served between 1999 to 2007 while Wamakko administered the state between 2007 to 2015, while of them all served two consecutive terms in office. (NAN)