EFCC board member denies link with corruption

A member of the board of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Prof Mamman Lawan, has refuted a report in an online news page which accused him of conniving with one Musa Tela “to convert some choice properties” of a deceased.

In a statement on Sunday, Prof Lawan said the allegations are “false, frivolous and vexatious, and a mischievous attempt to impugn my character.”

Prof, Mamman, who is a lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and Secretary, Constitution and Electoral Reform Committee, said there is no incident of ‘connivance’ and ‘conversion’ of properties belonging to late Mohammed Musa as contained in the report.

He however stated that there is a pending suit by a daughter of the deceased in Case No. CV/459/16 (Aisha Mohammed Musa v. Alhaji Umar Tela) filed by one of the heirs at the Upper Sharia Court Shahuchi, Kano, seeking to recover her entitlement (along with her five sisters) in the possession of the administrator of the estate.

He stated he has never been an administrator of the estate of late Mohammed Musa, adding that Umaru Tela, through the agreement of relatives, had been made the administrator of the estate by virtue of a Letter of Administration dated June 21, 2004 issued by the Kano State High Court.

“I maintain that I have acted honestly and in accordance with my professional calling, and therefore challenge any interested party who feels that I, either singlehandedly or in collusion with the administrator or any other person, have done something wrong to take appropriate legal action against me,” he said.