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‘Zamfara SSG’s Brother’ Arrested For N60m Money Laundering
Murtala Muhammad, alleged to be a brother to Secretary to the Zamfara State Government, Professor Abdullahi Shinkafi, has been arrested for N60 million money laundering offences.
Although BIGPEN Online couldn’t independently verify the claim of the suspect link to Zamfara SSG, EFCC in a statement on Tuesday said the suspect who claimed to be brother of the SSG was picked up following intelligent report of his suspicious money laundering activities.
EFCC’s Head, Media and Publicity, Tony Orilade said detectives of the anti-graft agency, Sokoto zonal office, on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 arrested the suspected politician with N60, 000, 000 (Sixty Million Naira) cash.
He was accosted at No.145 Igala Hausing Estate, Off Byepass Road, Gusau, Zamfara State, by the operatives of the Commission.
Items recovered from him at the point of arrest include: one Black Toyota Land Cruiser Prado Jeep with registration number DKA 67 PX Kaduna loaded with 4 bags of Ghana Must go containing One Thousand Naira Note of Fifteen Million Naira each, totalling to Sixty Million Naira; One single barrel gun; One locally made Revolve Pistol, 25 rounds of cartridges and 12 rounds of 12.9mm live ammunitions.
He will be charged to court as soon as investigation is completed, the statement said.
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