By Kamil Opeyemi
Governor of Zamfara State Bello Matawalle has accused the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Rasheed Bawa of demanding a bribe of $3m from him.
The Governor in an interview on the Hausa service of the BBC said he stood by his earlier allegations that Bawa was corrupt.
He said Nigerians would discover the true image of the anti-corruption agency boss in due course.
He said: “It is not just to always blame governors. It is not only governors who have treasury, the federal government also has. What does the EFCC boss do to them? As he is claiming he has evidence on governors, let him show to the world evidence of those at the federal level.
“If he exits office, people will surely know he is not an honest person. I have evidence against him. Let him vacate office, I am telling you within 10 seconds probably more than 200 people will bring evidences of bribe he collected from them. He knows what he requested from me but I declined.
“He requested a bribe of $2 million from me and I have evidence of this. He knows the house we met, he invited me and told me the conditions. He told me governors were going to his office but I did not. If I don’t have evidence, I won’t say this.”