Our reporter / The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Sunday said its operatives has discovered other fraudulent dealings involving COVID-19 funds, World Bank loan, Abacha recovered loot at the ministry of humanitarian affairs.
The agency’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, who made the disclosure in a statement, said the funds were released to the ministry by the federal government to execute poverty alleviation programmes.
“At the outset of investigations, past and suspended officials of the Humanitarian Ministry were invited by the Commission and investigations into the alleged fraud involving them have yielded the recovery of N32.7billion and $445,000 so far,” the EFCC said.
“Discreet investigations by the EFCC have opened other fraudulent dealings involving Covid-19 funds, the World Bank loan, Abacha recovered loot released to the Ministry by the Federal Government to execute its poverty alleviation mandate. Investigations have also linked several interdicted and suspended officials of the Ministry to the alleged financial malfeasance.”
Details to follow…
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