Operatives of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission EFCC, yesterday night
May 16th, arrested former Kaduna state
governor, Lamaran Yaro and a former PDP
governorship candidate in the state in the
2015 general elections, Salihu Sagir Takai. A
source at EFCC told Daily Trust that both
men were arrested in connection with the
Deizani’s N23bn campaign largess.
The duo spent the night at the commission
zonal office in Kano. Also the Secretary of
PDP in Kano, Alhaji Auwalu Ibrahim
Danzabuwa was also arrested.
Reacting to their arrest, a PDP Chieftain in
Kano, Musa Iliyasu Kwankwaso, said
“If the commission is serious about
the fight against corruption, it should
extend its operation to some APC
members because they too shared
campaign money during last general
elections. This campaign fund is a
tradition in Nigerian politics and all
political parties did the same thing in
2015 election. On Monday, some
operatives of the commission stormed
our party’s campaign office and
conducted a search. They were
accompanied by the party’s secretary
Auwalu Ibrahim Danzabuwa to our
office for the search. This is injustice
being mated against PDP members”.
