2023: Prove That I’m Corrupt, Bala Mohammed Dares EFCC, ICPC

Presidential hopeful and Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed has challenged various anti-graft agencies to prove that he is corrupt or found guilty of any corruption allegation.

Mohammed asked both the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt and Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate him as he joined the presidential race.

The governor, who said he bears no grudge against the EFCC for investigating and dragging him to court in 2017, added that he is clean.

He said this while addressing members of the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) and some party stakeholders at PDP National Headquatrers in Abuja on Wednesday.

“I don’t bear any malice against anybody who investigated me. But I dare anybody to find me guilty because I know my conscience and that’s why I’m still standing here. I dare every investigative agency; I did my best,” he said.

Naija News recall that Mohammed is facing 6 counts of charges bordering on abuse of office, false declaration of assets and fraud to the tune of N864 million.

The Bauchi governor was alleged to have received N550 million as a bribe from the Aso Savings and Loans Limited with respect to some properties in the Asokoro area of Abuja while in office as FCT minister.

Speaking further, Mohammed vowed to be a Nigerian president and not a sectional leader if elected in 2023, promising to capture every aspiration of every part of the country.

The governor said he would not be a partisan president only reflecting the desires of the North but all Nigerians who need good governance, justice and equity.

He expressed the belief that the party would pick the most suitable of the 17 presidential aspirants who have so far obtained their nomination and expression of interest forms.

Citing his record in the past three years in office as governor, Mohammed argued that states do not have to be rich before providing infrastructure for their people.