Money laundering in Kebbi State during the eight years when the former governor, Adamu Aliero held sway appears a frequent occurrence. As previously reported in our previous publication on the money laundry activities of the FCT Minister titled - How Fct Minister, Adamu Aliero Used A. A. Shehu To Launder N511.3million Through Motorcycles/bicycles Contracts, the honorable minister of the FCT may have laundered over N1billion in his reign as the two-term governor of Kebbi State. 

New documentary evidence point to suspicious payments into the private bank account of Alhaji Salisu Kallamu Aliero in the amount of N101million [N101,024,388] over a period of eight months [January 28^th – October 4^th] along with the overdrawing of cash allocation in the amount of N386million [N385,760,714.98] for fiscal years of 2002 and 2004. The information was obtained from a government audit report. The same audit report was the report which implicated the finance commissioner and his men     

While Adamu Aliero served as the governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji Salisu Kallamu Aliero served as a permanent secretary at the state ministry of finance. And according to documents obtained from the State government audit, a total of N101,024,388 was paid into the private bank account of Alhaji Salisu Kallamu Aliero between January 28 and October 4^th.  

Copies of the audit report which show a breakdown of the deposits into Alhaji Aliero’s private bank account indicate that the Perm Sec netted N7million weekly for the eight months.  Particularly, on January 28^th 2004, a check with number 93626 valued at N1,487,000 was paid into his account. Three days later, another N2,200,000 was paid in via two separate checks in the amounts N800,000 [check number 651] and N1,400,000 [check number 655]. On March 13, 2004, four checks valued at N4,755,000 were deposited into the same account. [see audit report; page 1; page 2; page 3].

In addition to laundering of monies through Alhaji Aliero’s private account, the Government House expenditures during the fiscal years of 2002 and 2004 showed that N386million was siphoned through overdraw of cash allocations. This information was gleaned from two separate audit reports.

In the year 2002, N120,000,000 was approved for the Government House but N291,026,388.98 was collected instead thus overdrawing its cash allocation for 2002 by N171,026,388.98. [see audit for 2002; page 1; page 2] In 2004, N110,000,000 was approved but N324,724,326 was collected instead thus overdrawing N214,734,326. [see audit for 2004; page 1; page 2; page 3; page 4]  

As learnt, the over expenditure was a constitutional breach of which the speaker of the state house of assembly ought to have investigated. The chief of personnel staff and the permanent secretary of government house ought to have accounted for all the expenditure incurred. But available information suggests that the speaker did not investigate the matter nor were the responsible parties brought to justice.

In all, the involvement of Alhaji Aliero in the suspicious and/or illegal transfer of funds into his private account in addition to the careless overdraws of the government house expenditures poses a wonderment as to how Adamu Aliero escaped/evaded the attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC].