The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) has invited sacked Director General of the National
Intelligence Agency (NIA) Ayo Oke for questioning over the $43.45 million
discovered in an Ikoyi apartment in Lagos state.
The anti-graft agency also
extended its summon to the former NIA’s wife, Folashade.
Oke, who was initially suspended
was finally sacked on Monday by President Muhammadu Buhari.
EFCC, in a statement issued on
Wednesday by its spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren said other individuals suspected
to have been involved in the deal were also summoned.
The statement reads, “In
furtherance of its investigative activities to unravel the circumstances
surrounding the $43.45 million cash recovered by operatives of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission in Lagos sometime in April 2017, the commission has
invited former director general of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador
Ayodele Oke and his wife, Folashade Oke.
“Mrs. Oke had refused to honour
previous invitations by the Commission which resumed its investigation into the
matter, following the federal government’s decision to relieve Mr. Oke of his
position as DG.
“Beside the couple, other
suspects are equally being invited to determine their culpability or otherwise
in the humongous cash, in foreign currencies and naira notes, stashed in a
residential building at Osborne road Ikoyi, Lagos.”
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