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Shehu Sani’s bank accounts frozen by EFCC - Ex-senator's aide

Sunday, January 12, 2020 at 1:53 PM by Onyirioha Nnamdi

- Emerging report indicates that bank accounts belonging to Shehu Sani has been frozen by the EFCC

- This was revealed on Sunday, January 12, by Sani's senior special adviser, Suleiman Ahmed

- Ahmed also disclosed that the anti-graft agency has asked the former senator to declare his assets

According to Suleiman Ahmed, a senior special adviser to Shehu Sani, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has frozen the bank accounts belonging to the former senator who represented Kaduna Central.

Revealing this on Sunday, January 12, to journalists, Ahemd also disclosed that the EFFC has asked Sani to declare his assets, The Cable reports.

In opposition the move by the anti-graft agency, the former senator's aide expressed shock as to why the commission was yet to arrest Sani’s accuser, who according to him, admitted to giving bribe.

Added to this, the aide wondered why the EFCC has not summoned Alhaji Samaila Isa Funtua who was named in the allegation against his principal.

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He questioned: “Mr Orilade, what is the connection between allegations of extortion of $25,000 and then searching his residence, blocking his accounts and forcing him to declare his assets?”

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the EFCC had insisted that Sani had questions to answer despite the outright denial of the former federal lawmaker over the allegations against him.

Sani is in the EFCC custody for allegedly extorting one Alhaji Sani Dauda, a businessman of the sum of $24,000 (N8.6 million) under the guise of influencing the latter’s (Dauda’s) cases with the EFCC.

The embattled former senator and activist, has, however, denied the claims, stating that the action against him was just to smear his image.

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“The extortion allegation is nothing but a wholesale falsehood, packaged in a phantom anti-graft facade to taint, stain and mute me. That shall never happen if I am alive,” Sani said in a message sent to journalists from custody.