In a quick bid to respond to criticism that it is not doing enough to tackle corruption, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has closed in on ten former governors who are standing trial for looting the treasury of their states when they held sway.
Among the suspects, whose cases are being tackled in courts by the anti-graft agency with a view to bringing them to account for the huge sum of money said to have stolen by them are, Lucky Igbinedion, Chimaroke Nnamani, Orji Uzor Kalu, Saminu Turaki and Joshua Dariye.
Others on the trial list of the commission are: Abubakar Audu, Danjuma Goje, Akwe Doma and Jolly Nyame.
The Head of Media and Publicity of the Commission, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, made the disclosure at a media briefing in Abuja on Monday.
The commission said however the case of corrupt enrichment preferred against Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has been temporarily put on hold following his election as the governor of the state in line with the immunity clause in the Constitution of Nigeria.
Uwujaren disclosed that apart from seizing the assets of the most of the suspects, it has also frozen the accounts of companies linked to the former governors.
He said the former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriif might be declared wanted if he fails to honour its invitation to answer some questions bordering on a petition against him.
The commission said that it has so far recovered the sum of N65 billion from the suspects.
In the same vein, EFCC said it also recovered $245 million, £693,000 and €62,000 from the corrupt individuals and organisations between 2012 and 2014. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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An anti corruption agency that itself became corrupt! It must be radically reorganized with men and women of integrity injected into it by GMB. EFCC is a critical instrument for prosecuting the new War Against Corruption and Indiscipline (WACI) by GMB
ReplyDeleteThis is stories every time ...After recovering those money why we don't have our own oil refinery ?? with this total of cash now we can build new refinery in Nigeria , please you people should stop playing Nigerians.
DeleteEfcc,how about formal governor of adamawa state, Murtala Nyako and his son Aziz Abdul Murtala Nyako? Or have efcc pardoned them ? Why their names not included on the list ? I know buhari will bring him and his son back secretly and pardon them for sure.Nigeria is a total partial and injustice country.Sad indeed.
ReplyDeletePlease this is game...After recovering those money why we don't have our own oil refinery ?? with this total of cash now we can build new refinery in Nigeria , please you people should stop playing Nigerians.
DeleteAmong strange things in Nigeria that is killing our economy and even causing shame to this great country is "Immunity Clause in the Constitution of Nigeria". It is high time to remove this shameless clause from our Constitution if we really want to move forward.
ReplyDeleteHow can someone accused of looting State Treasury be allowed to hold any important posts until he/she cleared his/her name?
How can we expect these ex-governors to work for the progress of this nation when they were accused of stealing while in office and it is the same persons that are representing their people?
With all this amount of money recovered from domestic looters, why is Nigeria still in debt. Any idiot u want to invite for questioning, give them a limitation of time, if they exceed it approach them in any way they deserve. The integrity of Nigeria is bigger than that of any family.
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