Magu reveals how EFCC recovered looted funds in foreign currency
- The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has made some key revelations
- Magu disclosed how the commission has been recovering looted funds in hard currency
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He made the disclosure earlier today, February 9 when he appeared
before the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes
The
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),
Ibrahim Magu has disclosed how the commission has been recovering
looted funds in hard currency.

EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu
According
to The Nation, Magu made the disclosure earlier today, February 9 when
he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Financial
Crimes.
He said the commission recovered
N102,913,791,217.54, $8,296,313.99, GBP 29,155, £12,475, 117,004
Canadian Dollar, 806.50 Dirham, 5,000 Francs and 2,000 Rupee as proceeds
of crime between January and December 2016.
He
also confirmed the recovery of $9.750 million and £750,000 from a
residence in Kaduna state recently, adding that N1.25 billion was
recovered from a public servant a fortnight ago.
The
EFCC boss appeared before the committee led by Honourable Kayode
Oladele for the commission's 2016 budget appraisal and 2017 budget
defence.
According to a document submitted by
Magu to the committee, out of the 37 accounts frozen/forfeited, six
banks are yet to provide relevant information on the amount accrued into
the suspected accounts during the period under review.
The commission, according to him, secured 135 convictions last year.
He
said 46 of the convictions were from Lagos zone, 30 from Abuja, 22
from Port Harcourt, 19 from Kano, 15 from Enugu, and three from Gombe.
Meanwhile, a former Katsina state governor, Dr Ibrahim Shema has accused his successor, Governor Aminu Masari of masterminding his recent ‘abduction’ by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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