Nigeria, May 15 -- The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has hailed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for arresting two Chinese nationals for allegedly offering N100 million as a bribe to its zonal head in Sokoto, Abdullahi Lawal.

The EFCC, on Monday, arrested Meng Kun and Xu Koi with cash it said they offered Mr Lawal in a bid to compromise ongoing investigations of a construction company, China Zhonghao Nig. Ltd, handling contracts awarded by the Zamfara State Government between 2012 and 2019.

The contracts were for the construction of township roads in Gummi, Bukkuyun, Anka and Nasarawa towns; and 168 solar-powered boreholes in 14 local government areas of the state.

Mr Matawalle, in a statement signed by hi...