Buhari orders EFCC to probe minister, 2 govs
May 28, 2016
•To announce total recovered loot tomorrow
AS President Muhammadu Buhari marks the first anniversary of his presidency tomorrow, he has decided to rev up his fight against corruption, shaking off the tag of fighting a partisan war.
Consequently, at least one of his ministers and two serving governors (names witheld) are having mature cases with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on the orders of the president.
A competent source said the probe of the minister is connected with how he ran the finances of his state when he was governor, while the two serving governors are being probed based on petitions alleging sundry infractions to public funds. One of them will answer questions on his handling of local government funds while the other is implicated with regards to misappropriation of security funds.
One of the governors belongs to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the other is of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“Misapplication of funds meant for an agency of the state government is the crux of the allegations the said minister is contending with. Investigation is on and he will be asked questions in the days to come,” an EFCC source told Saturday Tribune on Friday.
The source also said President Buhari would not shield any member of his party implicated in cases of fraud and misappropriation of public funds.
Our reporter also reliably learnt that the president would, in his broadcast tomorrow, give an account of the funds recovered so far from former government officials, contractors and military officers.
The source, who informed our reporter of this part of the president’s message to Nigerians on the first anniversary of his administration, however, did not give the figure the president would announce.
“Refunds have been made in billions. The president will speak on the amount on May 29 and Nigerians will be shocked. Even at that, the figure keeps increasing every day. Many have refunded, some are saying they would return their loot, provided they would not be prosecuted,” the source said.
He, however, added that while some may end up being witnesses, others would not escape prosecution even after paying back what they ‘stole’.
Source: tribuneonlineng
Isaac Nobenz
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