Over the past months, and two years since the inception of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, corruption scandals have been the daily fare of Nigerian media.
Some state governors have been involved in some of the scandals too. Nigerian Bulletin put together a list of some of these scandals:
1. Kogi
Yahaya Bello
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has been accused by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of registering twice for Permanent Voter Card, and there have been calls for his resignation.
2. Delta
Ifeanyi Okowa
Delta state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa is under probe after the sum of $10 million he diverted from the bailout funds allocated to his state was hijacked by his mistress.
The governor was said to have commissioned his mistress to help him launder the said sum only for the latter to refuse to remit it in the slush accounts the governor provided. The money was traced to a bank in the United States.
Though his name was not mentioned in the report. Okowa issued a statement that he was not the South South governor said to have been swindled out of $10 million by a US based actress, Georgina Onuoha.
3. Zamfara
Abubakar Yari
Zamfara state governor, Abubakar Yari has been accused by the EFCC, of constructing a $3million hotel using funds from the London-Paris Club loan refund.
The money had been illegally paid into the account of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) by Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
There are reports that he snuck into Aso Rock Presidential Villa in search of soft-landing.
He was said to have offered to refund the balance of $2.5 million quietly to the EFCC without being further investigated, given that one of the proxies used to launder the funds had already surrendered $500,000 to the anti-graft agency.
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4. Oyo
Abiola Ajimobi
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state came under heavy criticisms after he addressed students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH,) Ogbomoso who stormed his office to protest the 8-month closure of their school.
In a show of power, the governor insulted the students, boasted that as the governor of the state, he is the constituted authority and should be respected even though he does not pay salaries.
5. Lagos
Akinwunmi Ambode
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has come under fire over the recent sack of Lagos Chaplain. The chaplain was allegedly sacked for disrespecting Governor Ambode’s wife during anointing service.
Many are calling for an apology and the reinstatement of the Chaplain.
READ ALSO: What Ambode and his wife did was ungodly, they MUST apologize – Reverend Adeyemi
6. Rivers
Nyesom Wike
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike was involved in a mess of allegedly threatening to kill compromised INEC official during Rivers Re-run elections of 2016.
The audio recording of the threat was leaked by Sahara Reporters. But the Rivers state government denied the audio tape, saying it was a fabrication.
7. Katsina
Aminu Bello Masari
Governor of Katsina state, Aminu Bello Masari has been criticized for reportedly buying 3,000 coffins and distributed them to the mosques in the state.
The coffins were allegedly bought at N40,000 according to a blogger, Jamil Maba.
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8. Benue state
Samuel Ortom
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state, as part of his goodwill for the youths of the state, decided to empower them with wheelbarrows, with the inscription ”Governor Ortom For You”.
The governor was criticized for the move and he reacted by saying his consent was not sought, and did not give approval for anyone to inscribe his name on the wheelbarrows.
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