Former Zamfara Governor Yari’s  Problems Multiply As ICPC Pounces On Him

By Gideon Njoku

The problems of a former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, which began even before he left office have kept multiplying by the day.

Aside from suddenly losing the party structures of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to a new entrant to the Party, Governor Bello Matawalle, and reduced to irrelevance in the Party,  Yari has now, temporarily, forfeited properties and funds to the Federal Government.

A Federal High Court which sat in Abuja on Wednesday, February 23, ruled that the former Governor forfeits 10 properties scattered within Abuja and a couple of States, as well as funds in a couple of his bank accounts, to the Federal Government.

The Honourable Justice Obiora Egwuatu ruled in an exparte motion filed by the Counsel to the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Osuobeni Ekoi Akponimisingha.

The Interim forfeiture will last for 60 days, within which time the ICPC would have concluded its investigation.

Justice Obiora, also, asked the ICPC to publcise his order to enable anybody who has any objection to show why, within 14 days, he should not order for a permanent forfeiture of the properties and funds to the FG.

Yari first entered into trouble over the return of Paris Funds to States. At the time, he was the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum.

He was alleged to have deployed part of the funds to personal use, an allegation he vehemently denies.