The Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission has confirmed the arrest of the former senator representing
Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani.
“He is now being quizzed in our Jabi
headquarters in Abuja”, we gathered.
According to the source, Sani collected money
from the chairman and CEO of ASD Motors, his namesake Sani Dauda, under the pretence of passing it as a bribe to EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu.
Sani Dauda was a former chairman of Peugeot
Automobile Nigeria Limited (PAN). His ASD Motors
is a major car dealer in Abuja.
Despite
the fact that we could not confirm the
amount he collected. But some reports said it was $20,000.
“The case has been on for some time. He was
granted administrative bail and told to report weekly. But he breached the
terms of the bail. Hence his arrest today”, the EFCC source said.
Shehu Sani, a human rights activist, was
elected senator in 2015, under the All Progressives Congress platform. When he
could not get the party’s ticket in 2019, he ran on the ticket of the Peoples
Redemption Party, but lost to Uba Sani of the APC.
He has been a trenchant critic of the APC
government, both in Kaduna and Abuja, since then.
