Tuesday, 7 January 2014

EFCC budgets N284m for prosecution of 17 ex-govs


Indications have emerged that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has earmarked more than N284 million to prosecute suspected corrupt ex-governors.

It was reliably gathered that the commission will hire competent lawyers to handle the cases, with the hope that majority of them will be concluded before the end of the year.
The former governors being prosecuted include, Orji Kalu, Chimaroke Nnamadi, Attahiru Bafarawa, Adamu Abdullahi, Boni Haruna, Jolly Nyame, Michael Botmang, Saminu Turaki, Joshua Dariye, Ayo Fayose, Danjuma Goje, Akwe Doma, Adebayo Alao-Akala, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, Timipre Sylva and Rashidi Ladoja.

The country lost at least N350 billion to fraud allegedly committed by the suspects and their cronies, leaving the people to wallow in poverty.
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The Acting Head of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, opined that it was wrong for the public to hastily conclude that the commission had abandoned the cases, pointing out that criminal cases were not time-barred and that the matters were already before courts of competent jurisdiction.

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