EFCC nabs former Jigawa lawmaker in Kano

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested Muhammad Kazaure, a former member of the House of Representatives, in Kano.

Kazaure represented Kazaure, Roni, Gwiwa, and Yankwashi federal constituency in the House of Representatives from 2015 to 2023.

Kazaure, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been vocal on various issues, including insecurity and corruption allegations against Godwin Emefiele, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

On 17 December 2022, the Central Bank of Nigeria denied allegations made by Kazaure that N89.09 trillion in stamp duty collections had been diverted and that the then CBN Governor, Emefiele, kept $171 billion in the bank’s private investors’ account as stamp duty proceeds.

According to reports, Kazaure was invited to the EFCC office in Kano, where he presented himself, only to be arrested and subsequently flown to Abuja on Wednesday.

The reasons behind his invitation and arrest are yet to be disclosed, with speculation rampant about the circumstances surrounding his detention.

As of this report, the EFCC had yet to provide an official statement on the matter, leaving many to wonder what led to the former lawmaker’s arrest.