EFCC Recovers N70 Billion in 100 Days As Fmr Kogi Gov Continue to Hide
Nigeria’s anti graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered N70 billion within 100 days.
The recovery was recorded between October 2023 and January 19, 2024.
The recovery details were outlined in an EFCC document titled ‘Operations and Recoveries.’
During this period, the EFCC received 3,325 petitions, accepting 2,657.
The anti-graft commission also secured the convictions of 747 individuals for financial crimes, spanning offences from money laundering to internet fraud.
A breakdown of the recovery data revealed that the EFCC headquarters recovered N49.6 billion, $3.9 million, £2,000, and £110.
Other commands and zones, including Maiduguri, Gombe, Kano, Makurdi, Enugu, Uyo, Port Harcourt, Sokoto, Kaduna, Ilorin, Abuja, Ibadan, Lagos, and Benin, contributed significantly to the overall recovery.
The EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, disclosed that most of the 747 convictions were related to cybercrime offences.
During a dialogue event in Abuja, he made this revelation, themed ‘Dialogue on Youth, Religion, and the Fight against Corruption,’ held at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre in the Federal Capital Territory.
Olukoyede also assured Nigerians of the commission’s commitment to addressing financial crimes and corruption in Nigeria.
Meanwhile, the immediate past Governor of Kogi, Alh Yahaya Bello is allegedly on the run as reported by SaharaReporters.
Top government sources said Bello was still at the Government House, Lokoja, where he could enjoy the protection of his predecessor and godson, Usman Ododo, while other sources claimed his whereabouts are unknown.
SaharaReporters had on Monday reported that the EFCC concluded plans to probe Bello for alleged fraud and corrupt practices he was involved in during his eight-year tenure.
It had been learnt that the commission would invite Yahaya Bello for questioning to account for his eight years of administration.
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The areas GYB squandered Kogi State monies:
His presudential bid,
Physical stealing. N20bn recovered he hid in Sterling Bank recovered byEFCC,
Revisit the 14 properties seized from him:
He dismantled the equipment from the Idah Sanitaryware Company starved of funds by then Benue State govt.
Arrears of % payments he made to workers and pensioners abd those he didn’t pay anything at all.
Filling Stations he and his former COS turned Deputy Governor. Etc. He must be made to vomit everything he swalloed illegally.