Chidi Samuel || The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, (EFCC) has summoned the former DG of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador, Ayo Oke and his wife Folashade over the $45.45 million discover at Osborne flats Ikoyi, Lagos earlier this year.
Oke was sacked earlier in the week by President Muhammadu Buhari following the recommendation of the three-man panel that that investigated the circumstances surrounding raw cash seized by the EFCC following a tip-off.
In a statement on Wednesday by Wilson Uwajaren, EFCC’s spokesman, the agency said that other individuals connected with case have also been invited to appear before the commission.
“In furtherance of its investigative activities to unravel the circumstances surrounding the $43.45 million cash recovered by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Lagos sometime in April 2017, the commission has invited former director general of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayodele Oke and his wife, Folashade Oke,” the statement read.
“Mrs. Oke had refused to honour previous invitations by the Commission which resumed its investigation into the matter, following the federal government’s decision to relieve Mr. Oke of his position as DG.
“Beside the couple, other suspects are equally being invited to determine their culpability or otherwise in the humongous cash, in foreign currencies and naira notes, stashed in a residential building at Osborne road Ikoyi, Lagos.”