015-01-20 12:44
Abuja - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said
some serving and former governors, ministers, heads of service of the
federation, and federal lawmakers are being probed fro fraud, Punch reports.
The
chairman of the anti-graft body, Ibrahim Lamorde made the disclosure
while playing host to the Metropolitan Police Special Crime and
Operations Unit led by Detective Chief Inspector Jonathan Benton in
Abuja, on Monday.
He
said the commission in conjunction with the United Kingdom Metropolitan
Police were investigating the serving and former public office holders
for money laundering and looting of public treasury.
He refused
to disclose the identities and the total number of the public office
holders on the watch list of the commission and the Met Police on the
premise that the investigation was jointly carried out by the EFCC and
the UK Police.
Read more at Punch
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