Documented cases of fraud, corruption, and financial misconduct by Yobe State government officials and agencies during the 2019–present term. Sources linked on each card.
3
Total cases
0
Convicted
0
Ongoing
0
Dismissed
Govt response:
debunkeddebunked
Allegation
A viral media report claimed the EFCC had released a list of 58 former state governors, including Yobe's Bukar Abba-Ibrahim, the late Mamman Ali, Ibrahim Geidam, and Mai Mala Buni, accused of collectively looting, embezzling, or laundering ₦2.187 trillion over 25 years.
Outcome / Status
The EFCC's head of media and publicity publicly dissociated the Commission from the report on 5 May 2024, describing it as a 'phantom report' it had neither issued nor discussed with any news medium.
Administration's response
The EFCC issued a formal denial rejecting the list as false and mischievous; no Buni-specific allegation from this report was substantiated.
resolveddisputed
Allegation
Critics and the opposition PDP alleged that Buni's simultaneous service as Yobe governor and APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) Chairman from June 2020 violated Section 183 of the Constitution, which bars governors from holding other executive offices.
Outcome / Status
A Delta State High Court restrained Buni and other CECPC members from parading as the APC's national caretaker committee; Buni disputed the ruling's scope and continued in the CECPC role until relinquishing it in March 2022, citing a medical trip, without a definitive court ruling on the constitutional question being identified for this entry.
Administration's response
Buni stated the court order was 'not binding' on him, arguing it applied only to the Delta State APC chairman rather than to his national CECPC role.
denieddenied
Allegation
Rumours circulated that Governor Buni submitted a letter without an attached list of commissioner nominees to the State Assembly to beat the constitutionally mandated 60-day deadline for forming an executive council.
Outcome / Status
The Yobe Assembly Speaker, Buba Chiroma-Mashio, publicly denied the claim, stating the first batch of nominees, including four pencilled-in names, was received on 27 July as part of the normal process.
Administration's response
Both the state government and Assembly leadership said the first list, though partial, was not blank and included four names.