The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has discovered N2 billion in the bank account of Mr. Kantigi Liman, a former Commissioner of Local Government in Niger State. The sum was found in a United Bank of Africa account registered in Liman’s name.
Liman is currently under investigation for fraud and the EFCC said it had earlier traced N4 billion belonging to him in two separate accounts at GTBank.
A source said the monies are believed to have been stolen from the local government joint account of Niger State.
The EFCC is considering declaring Liman wanted as it has been impossible locating him.
“He is on the run and all efforts to track him down have been futile. The next option left for the Commission is to declare him wanted,” a source said.
“The Commission desperately wants Liman, to confront him with the available evidence,” the source said. “He is believed to rake in a monthly interest of over N33million on the fixed deposits.”
EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed Mr. Liman is being investigated. “It is an ongoing investigation so I am not able to provide details at this time,” he said.
