The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is going to probe the Rivers
State government over the withdrawal of over N11b from the government’s account
that occurred between October 2015 and February 2016, according to a report
published by Punch Newspaper.
The
anti-graft agency was directed by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF)
and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to conduct the investigation.
The
Director of Finance and Administration of the Rivers State Government House,
Kingsley Fubara, allegedly withdrew the funds from the government’s Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN) account.
According
to an EFCC source who spoke to Punch Newspaper, roughly N5.1b was withdrawn by
Mr. Fubara in ten tranches between October and December 2015. He withdrew
another N6.1b from the same account in eleven tranches between January and
February 2016.
The
EFCC will also be investigating another suspicious transaction in which N1.5b
was transferred from the government’s CBN account to a Zenith Bank account belonging
to one Samuel Anya in late January 2016.
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