Nigeria, Aug. 13 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released former Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal, a day after detaining him over alleged fraudulent cash withdrawals totalling N189 billion.

A source confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES that the senator, who currently represents Sokoto South in the Nigerian Senate, was released from custody on Tuesday.

"He has been discharged today (Tuesday), so he has left," the source said.

Mr Tambuwal, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives and two-term Sokoto State governor, was detained and interrogated by detectives when he visited the EFCC headquarters in Abuja at about 11 a.m. on Monday.

Investigators accuse him of violating the Money Laundering (Prevention and Pr...