- Oyewale did not mention any name.
- He noted that the commission disclosed this, following the rising tide of commentaries and insinuations that some persons have been exonerated in the course of the investigation.
The World Bank loan, Abacha’s recovered cash at the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, and other COVID-19 money are among the other fraudulent transactions that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) claims to have uncovered.
The EFCC’s spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said in a statement on Sunday that the federal government had given the ministry the money to carry out programs aimed at reducing poverty.
“At the outset of investigations, past and suspended officials of the Humanitarian Ministry were invited by the Commission and investigations into the alleged fraud involving them have yielded the recovery of N32.7billion and $445,000 so far,” the EFCC said.
“Discreet investigations by the EFCC have opened other fraudulent dealings involving Covid-19 funds, the World Bank loan, Abacha recovered loot released to the Ministry by the Federal Government to execute its poverty alleviation mandate. Investigations have also linked several interdicted and suspended officials of the Ministry to the alleged financial malfeasance.”
This is a developing story…