Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

EFCC Docks Micro Finance Manager for False Asset Declaration

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal office has arraigned one Aliyu Mallam Yabo, an operation manager of Yabo Micro Finance Bank, before Justice Isah Muhammad Bargaja of the Sokoto State High Court on one-count charge bordering false declaration of assets. Yabo’s trouble started on 29 January, 2019 when Yabo Micro Finance Bank submitted a petition against him. In the course of investigating the alleged offence, the suspect was given an Assets Declaration form but he refused or failed to declare his entire assets. Count one reads: "That you, Aliyu Mallam Yabo on or a…