Imah Ajirioghene
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) has announced that it will track down some outgoing public officials after May 29.
This was disclosed by the EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa in an interview with Daily Trust.
Although, Bawa did not mention the names or the number of public officials that would face the law, he noted that at least two ministries were currently under the watch list of the commission for fraudulent activities.
According to him, “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.
“It is on record that I am the first sitting EFCC chairman to go to court and testify, not once, not twice or three times. We now have some group of people that were paid, we know the people that are paying them, coming up with all sorts of gang-ups.
“We are following due process and the rule of law. The court had made a pronouncement, we have appealed that, and there is a stay of execution, what do you expect? We move on!”
Bawa further noted that the agency has in the last couple of months tried to establish the operational activities of the EFCC.
He added that the commission would continue to do the good works that some persons did not want.
“And God willing, come May and June, we are going to make some huge arrests and commence huge prosecutions of people.
“And for those people that are not leaving in May, whenever they are leaving, we will be waiting for them to ensure that justice is done,” he said.
