EFCC SEALS 3 HOUSES BELONG TO SHEMA IN KATSINA

The Anti-graft Agency has fasten off three houses at Barhim Quarters, GRA and Makera Estate in the state capital, that belong to the former governor of the Kastina state, Ibrahim Shehu Shema in Katsina state, with an inscription ‘EFCC, UNDER INVESTIGATION’ on the walls of the houses.

Shema is under investigation by the EFCC on charges of inflation of contracts and embezzlement of funds belonging to the state, to the tune of over N70 billion. According to Shema’s media aide, Oluwabusola Olawale urged agencies involved in the investigations to respect his principal’s right to fair hearing.

However, Governor Aminu Bello Masari, his predecessor has earlier in the March set up Judicial Panel of Inquiry to investigate former governor's administration.