Time is running for the corrupt government officials who are currently seeking refuge abroad as The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, went tough last night, with a final warning to top officials implicated in the stealing of huge sums of public funds to come out of their hiding and face its interrogating teams once and for all.
The warning was borne out of the refusal by many of the key players of the Jonathan’s administration to honour several invitations extended to them by the commission to clear their names against huge sums of money traced to them and their cronies ahead of the last general elections.
Top on the list of those on the run, who are being expected by the EFCC to return and account for huge sums of money traced to them are two former ministers of finance and justice, a former northern governor and PDP chieftain and a one-time Comptroller General of Customs.
Apart from the former customs officer, who is said to have made away with funds belonging to the agency, the rest have been fingered in the mismanagement of the $2.1billion cash meant for the procurement of arms to fight insurgents in the Northeast.
It was gathered that one of the former ministers is hiding away in Dubai while two others are believed to be holing away in the Scandinavian region under the guise of studying in order to evade prosecution for depriving the federal government of a huge sum of oil-related funds.
One of the former ministers, who reportedly coordinated the sharing of a huge sum of N3.1 billion ahead of the last election, sneaked out of Nigeria at the weekend apparently to avoid being arrested and questioned for her role in the looting.
The EFCC is currently working round the clock to secure the arrest of the fleeing suspects through the involvement of Interpol and the American Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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The hunter will soon be the hunted. Is this not Nigeria?
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments
DeleteContinue doing the good job EFCC. If they feel reluctant to come back and defend them selves, just used force on them. They are rogues and should be treated as rogues. Too many criminals in Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteAm sure Okonjo Iweala is one of them. They should pin her down and give her a resounding jail sentence.
ReplyDeleteYou are a big fool. Fools like you suppose not to exist in this country.
ReplyDeleteIs going nowhere.GOD will surely bring him out
ReplyDeleteDefinitely, corruption will always fight back and that is what we are currently witnessing in our dear country but it is sure that they cannot spend the looted fund to undermine the govt. EFCC is right by involving both Interpol & FBI to track the official's whereabout.
ReplyDeleteWhy is EFCC withholding their names. Name names plsssss....
ReplyDeleteGod will deal with all of them one by one the blood of the innocent will hunt them
ReplyDeleteNo,the concern looters knows themselves.Is Obanikoro a saint? He is the one telling Nigerian is studying somewhere after his involvement in several election crimes and stealing of Nigerian money to positions his children.EFCC should continue to hunt for them.And his involvement in Ekitigate should be investigated as more revelation is centered on him.Clemo.
ReplyDeleteNowhere to hide as interpol will fish them out.
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