Glamtush reports that fresh data from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed that no fewer than 58 former governors have allegedly looted, embezzled and laundered a total of ₦2.187 trillion in 25 years since democracy returned to Nigeria.
Vanguard put the looted money as equivalent to the 2024 budget of Lagos state (N2.25 trillion) and the entire southeast states ( N2.29 trillion).
The N2.2 trillion is several billion higher than the N1.89 trillion and N1.60 trillion 2024 budgets of the entire states in the north-central and northeast.
Among the 58 former governors, drawn from the six regions of the country, some are being probed, while others have been probed, investigated, and prosecuted.
| S/N | Names of ex-Governors | States | The amount being probed for |
| 1 | Late Abubakar Audu | Kogi | ₦10.966bn |
| 2 | TA Orji and sons | Abia | ₦551bn |
| 3 | Yahaya Bello | Kogi | ₦80.2 bn |
| 4 | Chimaroke Nnamani | Enugu | ₦5.3bn |
| 5 | Sullivan Chime | Enugu | ₦450million |
| 6 | Kayode Fayemi | Ekiti | ₦4bn |
| 7 | Ayo Fayose | Ekiti | ₦6.9bn |
| 8 | Abdullahi Adamu | Nasarawa | ₦15bn |
| 9 | Danjuma Goje | Gombe | ₦5bn |
| 10 | Aliyu Wamakko | Sokoto | ₦15bn |
| 11 | Sule Lamido | Jigawa | ₦1.35bn |
| 12 | Joshua Dariye | Plateau | ₦1.16bn |
| 13 | Timipre Sylva | Bayelsa | ₦19.2bn |
| 14 | Saminu Turaki | Jigawa | ₦36bn |
| 15 | Orji Uzor Kalu | Abia | ₦7.6bn |
| 16 | Bello Matawalle | Zamfara | ₦70bn |
| 17 | Lucky Igbinedion | Edo | ₦4.5 bn |
| 18 | Rabiu Kwankwaso | Kano | ₦10bn |
| 19 | Peter Odili | Rivers | ₦100bn |
| 20 | Jolly Nyame | Taraba | ₦1.64bn |
| 21 | James Ngilari | Adamawa | N167 m |
| 22 | Abdulaziz Yari | Zamfara | ₦84bn |
| 23 | Godswill Akpabio | Akwa Ibom | ₦100bn |
| 24 | Abdul Fatah Ahmed | Kwara | ₦9bn |
| 25 | Ali Mode-Sheriff | Borno | ₦300bn |
| 26 | Willie Obiano | Anambra | ₦43bn |
| 27 | Ibrahim Dankwambo | Gombe | ₦1.3bn |
| 28 | Darius Ishaku | Taraba | ₦39bn |
| 29 | Ramalan Yero | Kaduna | ₦700m |
| 31 | Rochas Okorocha | Imo | ₦10.8bn |
| 32 | James Ibori | Delta | ₦40 bn |
| 33 | DSP Alamieyeseigha | Bayelsa | ₦2.655bn |
| 34 | Gabriel Suswam | Benue | ₦3.111bn |
| 35 | Samuel Ortom | Benue | ₦107bn |
| 36 | Murtala Nyako | Adamawa | ₦29bn |
| 37 | Rashid Ladoja | Oyo | ₦47bn |
| 38 | Christopher Alao-Akala | Oyo | ₦11.5 bn |
| 39 | Abdulkadir Kure | Niger | ₦600m |
| 40 | Babangida Aliyu | Niger | ₦4bn |
| 41 | Idris Wada | Kogi | ₦500m |
| 42 | Ibrahim Shekarau | Kano | ₦950m |
| 43 | Adamu Aliero | Kebbi | ₦10bn |
| 44 | Usman Dakingari and wife | Kebbi | ₦5.8bn |
| 45 | Attahiru Bafarawa | Sokoto | ₦19.6bn |
| 46 | Jonah Jang | Plateau | ₦6.3bn |
| 47 | Aliyu Doma | Nasarawa | ₦8bn |
| 48 | Tanko Al’Makura | Nasarawa | ₦4bn |
| 49 | Boni Haruna | Adamawa | ₦93bn |
| 50 | Bindow Jibrila | Adamawa | ₦62bn |
| 51 | Adamu Muazu | Bauchi | ₦13bn |
| 52 | Isa Yuguda | Bauchi | ₦212bn |
| 53 | Mohammed Abubakar | Bauchi | ₦8.5bn |
With a promise to revisit and intensify efforts on high-profile cases, the EFCC is under scrutiny to deliver results and demonstrate its efficacy in combating corruption at the highest levels of political office.
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