EFCC plans arrest some governors, ministers

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is planning to arrest some outgoing governors and ministers immediately the tenure of this administration expires on May 29, 2023.

EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa revealed while speaking in an interview with Daily Trust on Thursday.

But Bawa refused to give names or the number of public officials that would be brought under the law.

Daily Trust reported Bawa saying that at least two ministries are currently under the radar of the commission for fraudulent activities that border on procurement processes, adding that one of the ministries committed fraud on about 20 contracts to the tune of N4 billion.

“Currently, we’re investigating two ministries where double payments were made. In one of the ministries, the double payments, cumulatively, were about 20 contracts of over N4bn.

“These were contracts that were done way back 2018, and then some group of people, so bold, came up with the same narration.

“They moved the documents from the file, forged them, and then of course in conspiracy of some civil servants, raised vouchers and pay. How can that happen if we have digitalised procurement processes.”

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