N70m scandal: EFCC detains former lawmaker Gudaji Kazaure in connection with Emefiele

• EFCC has arrested ex-lawmaker Gudaji Kazaure for allegedly receiving N70m from erstwhile CBN politician Emefiele
• Kazaure allegedly received N20m for Sallah Rams and N50m arsenic a donation aft a occurrence incident
• The apprehension follows Kazaure’s erstwhile corruption allegations against Emefiele regarding missing funds

FCT, Abuja - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested erstwhile House of Representatives subordinate Gudaji Kazaure for allegedly receiving N70 cardinal from the erstwhile politician of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.

According to sources adjacent to the investigation, Kazaure was taken into custody by EFCC operatives connected Wednesday, May 6, aft a Kano High Court vacated a restraining bid that had been placed against his arrest.

EFCC Arrests Prominent Ex-Lawmaker for Receiving N70m from Emefiele
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Alleged payments made for Sallah Rams and donation

The apprehension stems from allegations that Kazaure received N20 cardinal successful 2 abstracted payments, purportedly from Emefiele’s emissary, Mr Eric.

The funds were allegedly meant to beryllium utilized to acquisition "Sallah Rams" during the festive period.

Furthermore, sources revealed that Kazaure aboriginal received an further N50 cardinal arsenic a “donation” from Emefiele, which followed a occurrence incidental astatine the erstwhile lawmaker's residence.

Kazaure detained successful Kano, imaginable transportation to Abuja

A root astatine the EFCC confirmed that Kazaure is presently being held astatine the commission’s Kano office.

There are indications that helium whitethorn soon beryllium transferred to Abuja, wherever helium is expected to look charges related to the alleged fiscal transactions.

The apprehension is the latest improvement successful an ongoing probe into corruption and fiscal misconduct involving salient nationalist figures.

Previous allegations against Emefiele and Kazaure's accusations

EFCC Arrests Prominent Ex-Lawmaker for Receiving N70m from Emefiele
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This apprehension follows a bid of accusations that Kazaure levelled against Emefiele successful December 2022. At the time, Kazaure accused the erstwhile CBN politician of corruption, alleging that N89.1 trillion successful Stamp Duty charges had gone missing nether Emefiele’s leadership.

Kazaure besides claimed that helium had been deliberately denied entree to contiguous a preliminary study connected a committee acceptable up by President Muhammadu Buhari to analyse the alleged withholding of Stamp Duty funds by the CBN.

In response, the presidency, done then-presidential spokesperson Garba Shehu, dismissed Kazaure’s allegations arsenic unfounded, noting that the committee successful question had been dissolved.

The probe continues

With the apprehension of Kazaure, the EFCC’s probe into the allegations against some him and Emefiele continues to unfold.

As much details emerge, some the nationalist and ineligible authorities are intimately watching however the lawsuit develops, with imaginable governmental ramifications.

Alleged N80bn theft: EFCC begins probe connected ex-NNPC chiefs

Previously, Legit.ng reported that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched a caller investigation into erstwhile executives of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and precocious dismissed managing directors of the Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna refineries.

The probe centres connected the alleged misappropriation of astir $2.96 cardinal (around N80 billion) earmarked for the rehabilitation of the refineries, which person suffered from long-standing operational issues.

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