EFCC, police, and others appoints to recover govt property in Bauchi

There are strong indications that former  Governor Isa  Yuguda of Bauchi State may be in  the searchlight of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,  EFCC, following the constitution of a high-powered  committee by his predecessor, Abubakar Mohammed to recover government property.
The committee under the chairmanship of Retired Air Commodore Ahmad Baba is to recover all allocation of public property without due process by the immediate past administration.
According to a statement by Permanent Secretary Political Affairs, Hashimu Yakubu in the office of the Secretary to the State Government, the term of reference of the committee is to liaise with the secretariat of the main transition committee to obtain details of items affected.
Among members of the committee are representatives of the Police, Department of State Services, EFCC, Ministry of Justice and Head of Service while, Haruna Mohammed of the Bauchi State Television Authority is to serve as Secretary.

The statement read: “The committee is mandated to recover all items confirmed to have been disposed-of or allocated not in accordance with the extant laws or not in conformity with due process and return them to the government.
“In this light, all public servants especially those involved in the disposal and allocation of property in question are to cooperate with the committee for the effective discharge of its assignment.”
The committee is to submit its report within four weeks to pave way for speedy take off of the new administration, the statement added.
It will  be recalled that Governor Abubakar had vowed to recover all funds allegedly looted by the last Peoples Democratic Party, PDP administration of Yuguda.
It was gathered that the new governor had already invited the EFCC and other anti-graft agencies to authenticate the financial dealings of Yuguda administration.
Mohammed had maintained that his administration inherited over N125 billion  deft profile while Yuguda allegedly also said that he inherited debt from his successor, Ahmed Mu’azu.


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