EFCC GRILLS YERO, TWO OTHERS FOR FOUR HOURS IN KADUNA OVER #750M ELECTIONS CASH HAUL
EFCC, Nigeria's anti corruption Agency, invited the former governor to appear at the Kaduna Office to give his account over an alleged case of misappropriation and mismanagement of N750 million campaign funds which is under investigation.
According to available reports the former Chief Executive of Kaduna Tate was invited by the EFCC to explain his role in the distribution of N750 million campaign fund meant for the state during preparations for the 2015 elections.
Also invited by the anti-graft agency are; Haruna Gaya, former State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Hamza Ishaq, former Secretary to the Kaduna State Government.
Ramalan Yero, was formerly the Deputy Governor of the state, was sworn in as Governor on December 16, 2012, following the death of his boss, Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa in a plane crash on December 15, 2012.
Yero lost his attempt to retain his position following his loss to Nasir Ahmed el-Rufai of the APC in 2015.
Meanwhile, a group of loyalists and supporters of Ramalan Yero gathered at the Wurno road EFCC in kaduna with placards bearing different inscriptions.
Yakubu Lere, spokesman to Ramalan Yero told journalists at the EFCC office that the former governor arrived the Kaduna state EFCC office at about 9:00 am.
Lere, however, absorbed the former state helmsman of any wrong regarding the 2015 campaign fund, noting that Yero only directed that the Campaign fund should be with the former SSG before disbursement to party members for election purposes.
Following the large presence of the former governor's supporters at the premises of the EFCC office and to avoid any possible breakdown of law and order, there was security beef up around the area.
The former governor was however released alongside others invited after spending over four hours of interrogation.
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