Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said it is
still probing former governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu state and
Miss Rita Mbah secretary of the 2015 People’s Democratic Party
(PDP) campaign in Enugu state.
It also said that the commission has recovered N60m out of the
N450m of the 2015 PDP campaign fund from Enugu state.
South East Zonal Head of Operations of the commission, Mr.
Johnson Babalola disclosed this in Enugu while briefing the press
on the activities of the commission, explaining that the claims by
former governor Chime after he decamped to APC that he has no case
with EFCC was false and unfounded.
He said, “Don’t listen to what politicians tell you. Chime and
Rita Mbah are suspects
and under investigation of the EFCC. We are doing our job
professionally irrespective of whatever political party anyone of
them belongs.
Crime has no expiry date, those money remaining with the two
suspects over the 2015 campaign fund will be recovered”, he
said.
Babalola while responding to PDP illegal campaign fund recovered
by the commission in the South East states said EFCC is recovering
money on monthly basis.
“We have not recovered all the money yet but we are doing that
on monthly basis. States like Anambra and Imo are where we have
problems in the recovery and would subsequently take them to
court.
Yes, we will take Anambra and Imo PDP to court when court
resumes in September”, he said.
Babalola added that the commission is also investigating abandoned
road projects and Independent Power Projects in the South East with
the aim of prosecuting defaulting contractors.
“South East has the most deplorable roads network in the
country, projects running into billions of naira abandoned are
under investigation by the commission, any contractor found wanting
of abandonment would be charged to court.
“We are fighting lots of war, there are people who do not want
us to succeed they are those claiming that the commission is on
doing media trial because they don’t want people to know how much
they have stolen”, he said.
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said it is
still probing former governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu state and
Miss Rita Mbah secretary of the 2015 People’s Democratic Party
(PDP) campaign in Enugu state.
It also said that the commission has recovered N60m out of the
N450m of the 2015 PDP campaign fund from Enugu state.
South East Zonal Head of Operations of the commission, Mr.
Johnson Babalola disclosed this in Enugu while briefing the press
on the activities of the commission, explaining that the claims by
former governor Chime after he decamped to APC that he has no case
with EFCC was false and unfounded.
He said, “Don’t listen to what politicians tell you. Chime and
Rita Mbah are suspects
and under investigation of the EFCC. We are doing our job
professionally irrespective of whatever political party anyone of
them belongs.
Crime has no expiry date, those money remaining with the two
suspects over the 2015 campaign fund will be recovered”, he
said.
Babalola while responding to PDP illegal campaign fund recovered
by the commission in the South East states said EFCC is recovering
money on monthly basis.
“We have not recovered all the money yet but we are doing that
on monthly basis. States like Anambra and Imo are where we have
problems in the recovery and would subsequently take them to
court.
Yes, we will take Anambra and Imo PDP to court when court
resumes in September”, he said.
Babalola added that the commission is also investigating abandoned
road projects and Independent Power Projects in the South East with
the aim of prosecuting defaulting contractors.
“South East has the most deplorable roads network in the
country, projects running into billions of naira abandoned are
under investigation by the commission, any contractor found wanting
of abandonment would be charged to court.
“We are fighting lots of war, there are people who do not want
us to succeed they are those claiming that the commission is on
doing media trial because they don’t want people to know how much
they have stolen”, he said.
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