By Abdul Hassan
A former Governor of Zamfara, Sen. Abdulaziz Yari is accused of funding terrorism after a whopping sum of N1.7trillion has been traced to him.
Sources say that the humongous finding has left investigators in awe as to how such funds can be traced to just one person’s account.
It was gathered that money was traced to accounts belonging to Engr. Abdulkarim (Abdullahi) Tsafe, Yari’s former Chief of Staff, and Kayatawa Nigeria Limited, a company also owned and operated by Yari.
Investigators noted that the N1.7trillion was part of the funds, which Yari recently used to purchase the Geregu Power plant.
In 2021, a federal high court in Abuja ordered the forfeiture of funds belonging to Yari and his companies.
While $56, 056.75 was lodged in Polaris Bank account, the sums of N12.9 million, N11.2 million, $301, 319.99; N217, 388.04 and $311, 872.15 were kept in different Zenith Bank accounts in the name of Mr Yari and his companies.
In 2022 when he was arrested over N84billion and N22billion fraud, in his statement to security agencies, he listed Buhari and Aisha as those who gave parts of the money to.
Upon hearing about his statement to security agencies, Buhari immediately ordered his release.
Yari’s financial activities have been flagged by officials in the United Arab Emirates, UAE, who have equally shared information to the U.S authorities, resulting in his classification as a “person of interest” by the two nations.
The Zamfara Senator has significant Gold market in the Gold Souk in Dubai allegedly from his illegal mining of Gold in Zamfara state.
