Aminat Gusanu
Zamfara State Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Dosara has said that there is an evidence to prove that the suspended chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa requested a $2 million bribe from the immediate-past Governor, Bello Matawalle .
Dosara in an interview on Monday said that they are ready to provide the evidence when the time comes.
Speaking on the allegation that Matawalle bought vehicles in excess of N2 billion for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) but were not found anywhere in government premises in Zamfara State, Dosara said, “We don’t do handover on social media.”
He added ” We have provided the records. The vehicles that were bought were given to security agencies to help them in their operations, and we had wanted the current governor to invite the former governor, he is ready to come. It is not for him to go on social media and start castigating him. The security agencies were aware that vehicles were given to them. We did it in a colourful ceremony. The issue that vehicles were taken away is not true.”
Speaking further on the N70 billion corruption allegation, the ex-commissioner said, “an allegation can be proven in the court of law and what Matawalle was saying is that if he is being alleged to have taken public funds let them go to court.
“Let the court investigate and find out what really happened. We are not saying that we are above the law but we want the law to take its course. You cannot just go to social media and judge somebody. It has to go through legal processes to determine who is wrong or right.”
Addressing allegations of empty treasury debts and liabilities by Governor Lawal, Dosara said, “everybody knows Zamfara State has no Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) base. We generate nothing more than N300 million every month as IGR.
“The state allocation from the Federal Government is mostly going into debt servicing because we inherited huge liabilities. The money is being deducted from source. The little money that was coming to Matawalle was being used to pay salaries. We had to borrow money to make up for salaries every month.
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