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.

Okoolowo     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Joseph Bamigboye     Yaru     PAACO-PCL Consortium     COVID-19 Palliatives     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Baboko Primary School     Air Peace     Innocent Okoye     Alikinla     Adegoke Bamidele     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Olatunji Bamgbola     IYA ALFA NLA     Agboola Abdulraheem     Popo-Igbonna     Fatimoh Lawal     Emir Of Ilorin     Yoruba     Al-Adaby     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     JAMB     Oko Erin     Mahe Abdulkadir     Buari Edun     Sabi     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Okiki     Okin High School     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Isau     Baba Isale     Justina Oha     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     IYA YUSUF     Moses Afolayan     Halimat Yusuf     COEASU     Obayomi Azeez     Kwara Politics     Kulende     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Aliyu Muhammed     Yashikira     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Kola Bukoye     Kwasu     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Moji Makanjuola     Mohammed Saidu     Kwara Consultative Forum     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     2023 Elections     Amos Sayo     Muhammad Yahya     Maryam A. Garuba     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Otuka     Olatunji Ibrahim     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Ethical College     Kayode Ibrahim     Ayekale     Ijagbo     IHS     Bashiru Makama     Tunji Folami     Yahaya Dumoye     Bolaji Abdullahi     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Oye Tinuoye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Atiku Abubakar     Illyasu Abdullahi     Ibrahim Abiodun     Rafiu Olasile     Olupako Of Share     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     AGF Abdulrazaq     Kwara State Governor     Afonja     ER-KANG Mining     The Herald     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     HYPPADEC     Kishira     General Hospital     Olam Food Ingredients     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Budo Egba     Hausa     Smart School     TETFUND     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Kazeem Adekanye     Kawu Baraje     Omoniyi Ayinla     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Yomi Adeboye     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     IHS Towers     International Vocational Centre     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Sherif Shagaya     Akorede     Akanbi-Oke     Sodiya     Towoju     Abegunde Goke     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Logun     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Ejidongari     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Mazars Consulting     Omotoso Musa     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Razak Atunwa     Sobi Hill     Forgo Battery     Metro Park     Taofeek Sanusi     Usman Rifun     Ademola Kiyesola     Kwara Hotel     Lawal Jimoh     Dunmade     Kanu Agabi     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Shonga     Joseph Offorjama     Dorcas Afeniforo     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Ita-Ore     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Umar Adelodun     Ahmad Uthman     Dele Belgore     Tuesday Assayomo