EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu revealed on Monday, that the former
Minister of Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is being
investigated by the anti-corruption agency in connection with high level
corruption perpetrated during the last administration.
According to The Nation, Magu, who spoke during the budget defence
session with the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes,
added that a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani
Allison-Madueke, is also under the EFCC radar.
Kola Aluko, a close associate of the former Petroleum minister,
alleged to have helped in taking a large chunk of the nation’s funds out
of the country, is also being investigated by the commission.
Magu, who responded to questions by a member of the committee, Hon.
Razak Atunwa , on whether the two ex-ministers and Aluko were included
in the EFCC investigative list, said “very soon, we will go into the petroleum industry.”
“Such investigation requires that we have to build capacity, we
have to bring in experts to enable us tackle what we are doing properly
and the investigation must be conducted properly. We have internal
lawyers and external lawyers, we have to pay insurance,” he stated.
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