Former Kano State Governor,
Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, on Tuesday alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari has
ordered his arrest.
Shekarau recently signified his
political aspiration to run for the Presidency and granted media interviews
where he picked holes on anti-masses policies of the current administration.
Sule Ya’u Sule, his Special
Assistant on media, in a statement, noted that the development was a sign that
the president was jittery ahead of the 2019 election and was seeking to harass
strong aspirants, including Shekarau.
The statement read: “Few week
after granting a media interview where he scored the administration of
President Muhammadu Buhari very low, the anti-corruption agency has now decided
arraigned Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau to court on an allegation of receiving PDP
campaign fund.
”Despite lack of concrete
evidence, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), is insisting on
prosecuting former Kano Governor and Minister of Education Mallam Ibrahim
Shekarau on the allegation that he was offered N25 million for 2015 election
logistics.
“Since 2016, when the issue of
election fund came up, Mallam Shekarau was invited by the EFCC to explain the
amount allegedly given to him along with other stakeholders of the party in
Kano State for the election campaign, but he denied receiving the amount and he
challenged EFCC to produce anyone or concrete evidence to prove that he
collected the money.
“Based on this, the former
minister was asked to go. However, and surprisingly too, for reason best known
to EFCC, we received communication from the anti-corruption agency that the
former minister is to be arraigned before a Federal High Court in Kano on
Thursday this week (May 24, 2018) over the same alleged N25 million election
fund.
We are aware that the coming
weeks and months would witness arraignment of opposition leaders, especially
top members of PDP who have refused to decamp to the ruling party, APC.”
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