The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is working on a petition linking Chief of Staff (CoS) to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, to a contract scam, the agency has said.
Spokesperson for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, made the disclosure in a text message sent to Punch on Friday.
Bako Kyari, who says he is the presidential aide’s nephew, had said during a popular radio programme, Berekete Family, on Human Rights Radio 101.1FM in Abuja, that Kyari and Sani Ado, whom he claimed worked with the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), allegedly collected N29.9m from him in order to facilitate the award of a contract.
The petitioner said he had written a petition to the EFCC but the commission refused to treat it, insisting that it could not investigate Kyari
Mr Uwujaren, however, said: “The petition by Bako Waziri is being investigated by the commission. Any serious investigation takes time and it is presumptuous to conclude that the EFCC is non-committal simply because you did not receive instant result. This is how investigations are done.”
Bako, who is from Bama in Borno State, told Berekete Family that when he lost his father, Kyari came to commiserate with the family and then promised him the contract.
He said on getting to Abuja, he met with Kyari at Caledonia Hotel, Maitama, four times.
Bako alleged that Kyari asked him to pay Ado some money to facilitate the award of the contract.
He said he approached a friend who lent him some money, adding that he also sold his properties in order to raise N29.9m which he used in facilitating the contract.
The PPP has denied having any member of staff with the name Sani Ado.
