The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has stumbled on two bank accounts containing a joint sum of N2bn suspected to be the proceeds of
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has stumbled on two bank accounts containing a joint sum of N2bn suspected to be the proceeds of crime. The EFCC said in a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, that the money belongs to a former deputy governorship candidate in Niger State. The commission, however, did not reveal the identity of the candidate.
According to the anti-graft agency, the money was found based on a tip-off from a whistle-blower. The EFCC added that the suspect was on the run as well as the account officer who was in charge of the accounts.
“The suspect used the names of two companies, Katah Property & Investment Limited and Sadiq Air Travel Agency, in laundering the funds. Each of the company has N2bn fixed in its deposit account domiciled in Guaranty Trust Bank.
The EFCC had recently commenced investigations of the immediate-past Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, and some other key members of his administration. Aliyu, who ruled between 2007 and 2015, was accused of an alleged N5bn scam as well as other alleged cases of fraud. It will be recalled that the current Governor of Niger State, Alhaji Abubakar Bello, as well as members of the House of Assembly had called for a probe of Aliyu’s administration which they described as fraudulent.
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