A former governor of Nassarawa state, Tanko Al-Makura has been arrested by the commission of the Economic and Financial Crime, EFCC. According to Eagle 🦅 eyes reporter's Al-Makura was allegedly arrested alongside his wife, Mairo by EFCC operatives. Citing anonymous sources, the newspaper added that the couples were being grilled by operatives of the anti-graft agency at its headquarters in Abuja. Eagle 🦅 eyes gathered that the arrest has to do with suspected money laundering. A source discloses that 55 bank accounts were being controlled by the couple and their companies were involved in several suspicious transactions, amounting to billions of naira, when Al-Makura was the governor of Nasarawa State between 2011 and 2019. It was learned that shortly after Al-Makura became governor, huge sums of money were being funnelled through some of the accounts in a structured pattern. It was also discovered that there were huge transfers into a company owned by Mr Al-Makura and