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EFCC Abuja Zonal
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EFCC Abuja Zonal Office Recovers Over N100m
The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC has secured 16 convictions between November 2018
and April 2019, and recovered more than N100 million.
According to Umar Hadejia, Head of the EFCC Abuja Zonal Office,
the achievement comes a few months after the anti-graft agency
formally designated the Wuse II Office of the EFCC, as the Abuja
Zonal Office, following the commissioning and movement of the
Headquarters of the EFCC to its new Head Office Complex at Jabi,
Abuja.
Hadejia who made the disclosure on Friday, May 10, 2019 stated
that the Zone recovered a total cash of N92,800,078 (Ninety-Two
Million Eight Hundred Thousand and Seventy Eight Naira), $42,543
(Forty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Forty-Three Dollars) and
€1,000 (One Thousand Euros) during the period under review.
He further added that within the period, the Zone recovered the
following items: Mercedes Benz C300, Mercedes Benz C240, Lexus
salon car, 3 HP Pavilion Laptops, Dell Laptop, 3 Apple MAC Book
Laptops, 9 iphone X smart phones, 7 Android phones, Apple ear pods,
iwatches, Refrigerators, Televisions, generators, expensive wrist
watches and jewelleries worth millions of Naira.
He said: “The Zone has continued to speed up efforts to ensure
that fraudsters are made to face the wrath of the law and in
situations were funds are recovered, victims are refunded and where
the court deems fit, funds are returned back to the federal
government coffers.
“We hereby urge citizens in Nigeria and the Diaspora to ensure
they report any suspected economic or financial crime to the
Commission for immediate investigation and prosecution.”
Tony Orilade
Ag. Head, Media & Publicity
May 10, 2019