EFCC Asks Saraki to Produce Documents on Kwara Bond

Date: 2013-09-11

A former Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Bukola Saraki, who is under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been given time by the anti-graft agency to produce certain documents pertaining to the bond the state secured while he was governor.

This is even as the anti-graft commission reiterated that only Nigerians who run foul of the laws of the country have reason to entertain fear.

Saraki, who has been a guest of the commission for two consecutive days this week, has been under investigation over his handling of the finances of the defunct Societe Generale Bank of Nigeria (SGBN) in which the Saraki family had substantial shares, and with Saraki as a former Executive Director.

Currently, the EFCC is investigating his handling of the bond secured by the state during his tenure.

The spokesperson of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, who confirmed Saraki's presence at the commission's headquarters yesterday, said the anti-graft agency was not only restricting itself to the bond issue, but would also look into several financial dealings of the former governor while he was governing the state.

Meanwhile, the commission yesterday revealed that it had charged 368 cases to court and recorded 80 convictions at the end of August, 2013.

It also disclosed that it recovered N6.5 billion,  19.2 million Euros and 19,000 Pounds Sterling.

Uwujaren further added that: "Beyond the recoveries, EFCC had intensified the prosecution of politically exposed persons, failed bank executives, captains of industries, beneficiaries of fraudulent oil subsidy payments and senior civil servants involved in pension fraud.

"A number of cases for which investigations have been concluded, would be charged to courts across the zones where the commission maintains offices as soon as the courts resume from recess."

He also added that the commission deplored attempts by mischievous elements to distract it by imputing political motives to some of its investigations.

"The commission will not be cowed by such insinuations which are clearly unfounded. Nigerians can be assured that only those who run foul of the law have reason to entertain fear of the EFCC," he said.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

AGM Professional Services     Kolawole Akande     Raji AbdulRasaq     Tanke     Akeem Olatunji     SWAN     CUTI     Gambari     Galadima     Plat Technologies     Binta Sulyman     Unicontinental Construction Company     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Saduki Lafiagi     20 Billion Bond     Gbemi Saraki     Ladi Hassan     Edret Sabi Abel     Tanke Road     Ajasse-Ipo     Ilota     Tinubu     Monsurat Omotosho     Haliru Yahaya     Tunji Folami     Ademola Kiyesola     Olugbense     2017 Budget     Owo Isowo     Bayer AG     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Alagbado     Balogun Ajikobi     Offorjama     Hijab     ENetSuD     Idofin     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Idris Amosa Saidu     Arandun     Ayinke Saka     Olohungbebe     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Doyin Group     BECE     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     New Nigeria People’s Party     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Abubakar Suleiman     Jani Ibrahim     Maryam A. Garuba     James Ayeni     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Tafida Of Kaiama     School Of Nursing     Ahman Pategi University     Ayedun     Wole Oke     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Hassan Saliu     ER-KANG Mining     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Lai Gobir     Sam Onile     ITEM 7     MAI Akande     Assayomo     Muhammadu Gobir     Kamaldeen Kehinde    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Ilorin Central Mosque     Dele Belgore     Ayodele Shittu     Ganmo     Ajia-Bako     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Oyelere Oyinloye     Kehinde Boyede     Salman Alada     Tunji Moronfoye     Cassava Growers\' Association     Muslim Cementary     Ibrahim Abikan     Vasolar Consultoria     Borgu     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Edu     Plat Technologies Limited     Moses Afolayan     Dagbalodo     CBT     Henry Makinwa     Busari Alabi Alausa     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Folaranmi Aro     Falokun-Oja     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Omotosho     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Bamikole Omishore     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Saba Jibril     Adedipe     Tunji Ajanaku     Kola Ologbondiyan     Centre For Digital Economy     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Adebara     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Akeem Olatunji     Emir Of Lafiagi     Salihu Yahaya     Adamu Attah     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Unicontinental Construction Company     Code Of Conduct     Kayode Ishola     Fola Consultant     Awili Pedro     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Sun Qing Rong     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Ethical College     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Ilorin Muslim Community     Monthly Sanitation     Ilorin South Constituency     Abikan     Kwara Consultative Forum     Moses Adekanye     CUTI     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Gbemisola Saraki     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Onilorin     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Bayo Lawal     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Jimba Babatunde     General Hospital, Offa