The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says the recently
sacked Special Adviser to the President and Chairman of the
Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig.Gen. Paul Boroh (retd.), is
still in its custody as investigations of fraud levelled against
him continue.
The spokesman for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed this
to our correspondent on the telephone on Wednesday.
Uwujaren, however, said he could not confirm if $9m was
recovered from the suspect when his house was searched.
“I cannot confirm at the moment if money was recovered from
him,” Uwujaren said.
Also, addressing journalists at a press conference in Abuja on
Wednesday, Mrs. Ibinye Boroh, who is the wife of the suspect, said
no money was recovered from the property.
Mrs. Boroh said their home was ransacked and doors were broken
but the anti-graft agency did not find any cash in the house.
She stated, “This is to inform the general public that no cash
was discovered and could have been discovered by government
operatives during their search of our house on Monday, March 19,
2018.
“The publication by a section of the press stating the contrary
is fabricated, false in its entirety, malicious and calculated to
mislead the public. Our family feels embarrassed and harassed, and
therefore requests the authors to retract same.”
Asked if she was around when the search took place, she decided
not to respond saying, “That’s what I will take.”
Also speaking, Boroh’s lawyer, Olusola Oke (SAN), admitted that
there was an extensive search of his client’s residence but nothing
incriminating was found, including dollars.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says the recently
sacked Special Adviser to the President and Chairman of the
Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig.Gen. Paul Boroh (retd.), is
still in its custody as investigations of fraud levelled against
him continue.
The spokesman for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed this
to our correspondent on the telephone on Wednesday.
Uwujaren, however, said he could not confirm if $9m was
recovered from the suspect when his house was searched.
“I cannot confirm at the moment if money was recovered from
him,” Uwujaren said.
Also, addressing journalists at a press conference in Abuja on
Wednesday, Mrs. Ibinye Boroh, who is the wife of the suspect, said
no money was recovered from the property.
Mrs. Boroh said their home was ransacked and doors were broken
but the anti-graft agency did not find any cash in the house.
She stated, “This is to inform the general public that no cash
was discovered and could have been discovered by government
operatives during their search of our house on Monday, March 19,
2018.
“The publication by a section of the press stating the contrary
is fabricated, false in its entirety, malicious and calculated to
mislead the public. Our family feels embarrassed and harassed, and
therefore requests the authors to retract same.”
Asked if she was around when the search took place, she decided
not to respond saying, “That’s what I will take.”
Also speaking, Boroh’s lawyer, Olusola Oke (SAN), admitted that
there was an extensive search of his client’s residence but nothing
incriminating was found, including dollars.
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