Premium Times is reporting that a former Governor of Zamfara state, Abdulaziz Yari, is currently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

According to the report, operatives of the EFCC are interrogating Yari over series of corruption allegations.

The former governor is said to have been held at the Sokoto office of the anti-graft agency for eight hours as of the time of filing this report.