Strong indications have emerged that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has opened investigations into activities of some serving ministers in the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
Sunday Punch’s investigation revealed that operatives
involved in the discreet probe had gathered some evidence against the affected
ministers.
Operatives of the EFCC’s Economic Governance
Unit are probing the minister from the South-East while the investigation into
the activities of the South-West minister is being handled by its Special
Operations Unit.
Both ministers have not been invited for
interrogation. However, a top operative of the commission told reporters
that one of the ministers was being investigated on suspicious award of
licences in his ministry.
It was further stated that the commission
decided to commence the investigation into the process of award of licences
because of complaints that the process was fraught with irregularities.The source noted that hundreds of millions of Naira was involved in the ongoing probe.
Correspondents also learnt that the
South-Eastern minister was being probed for alleged involvement in the movement
of huge amounts of money on behalf of a company which he allegedly has interest
in. According to the source, the minister, who is
said to have shares in a telecommunication firm, aided the transfer of funds
running into hundreds of millions of Naira out of the country
Source:Punch Newspapers
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