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The Financial and Monetary Crime Fee (EFCC) has arrested a former Minister from Sokoto state over alleged 5 million Naira fraud.
The Minister (title withheld) was alleged to have collected rams and cash from people, amounting to about 5 million Naira through the 2019 sallah celebration.
Confirming the arrest, the zonal head of the company in control of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states, Abdullahi Lawal stated the previous Minister was nonetheless of their custody and as a considerable sum of money was recovered from him.
He stated that their motion was primarily based on the petition delivered to them by his victims.
In response to him, the stated Minister had collected some rams and cash from his victims with the promise to pay again at a sure time period however he didn’t fulfil his pledge.
Lawal stated that the company had recovered about N400 million from January up to now from corrupt people.
He added that seven convictions had been secured by the company within the interval beneath overview.
He famous that over about 100 petitions had been acquired by the company, bordering on superior price fraud, cash laundry, land issues amongst others.
The zonal head additionally stated that leaders of some merchants associations had been invited over alleged diversion of the one billion Naira mortgage to merchants by the Sokoto state authorities.
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Source: www.dailytrust.com.ng
