$2.1 Billion Saga: 4 Prominent Nigerians To Be Invited By EFCC

$2.1 Billion Saga: 4 Prominent Nigerians To Be Invited By EFCC

Recent revelations regarding the $2.1 billion arms scandal suggest that some prominent Nigerians might soon be invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC ).

$2.1 Billion Saga: 4 Prominent Nigerians To Be Invited By EFCC
EFCC officials

According to sources close to the antigraft agency, some prominent Nigerians whose names feature prominently on the list of those who benefited from the $2.1billion arms deal will soon be invited.

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Leadership reports that the prominent Nigerians on the list include ex-Board of Trustees (BOT) chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, Chief Olu Falae, the former Oyo state governor, Rasheed Ladoja and a few others.

A source who chose to be anonymous, said that the commission is in possession of the names of those who benefited from the deal, adding that the agency will soon invite another set of prominent Nigerians whose names featured prominently on the list of beneficiaries obtained from the office of the national security adviser.

The source said: “The commission will soon invite those prominent Nigerians who took part in the sharing of that $2.1 billion arms deal. They will be invited to the commission’s headquarters here in Abuja but if they failed to do so, we will have no choice but to bring them.”

Speaking further, the source explained that the intention is to recover the money each collected or charge them to court.

He said: “I am happy some of them have admitted of receiving the money but trying to justifying their actions, but that is in the media, they need to state their reasons and I personally believed that the intention is to recover this money and once this is done, there will be no problem. It is where this becomes impossible that the court may be asked to intervene.”

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When contacted on the matter, the spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, declined to give details on the issue.

President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that those who are indicted will make refunds and forfeit their property to the federal government.

In a related development, the general overseer of The Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare has released his state of the nation address tagged ”Roadmap to successful change”. In his communique, Bakare called for the prosecution of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emiefiele, because of the role of the apex bank in the widely publicised arms deal probe which is still ongoing.

Source: Legit.ng

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