N70bn Recovered Within 100 Days By EFCC

Within one-hundred days of hunting for financial criminals, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it has recovered a total of N70 billion within 100 days, between October 2023 and January 19, 2024.

This is as how details of the recovery were outlined in an EFCC document titled, ‘Operations and Recoveries’.

According to the document, between October 2023 and January 19, 2024, the EFCC recovered N60,969,047,634.25, $10,522,778.57, £150,002.10, €4,119.90, making a total of N70,556,658,370.5 recovered by the anti-graft commission within the period.

,,,,,,,,,However, within the same period, the Commission said it received a total of 3,325 petitions, accepted 2,657 of them and secured the convictions of 747 persons for financial crimes, ranging from money laundering to internet fraud.

……..A breakdown of the data shows that the EFCC headquarters alone recovered N49,607,391,330.44, $3,900,200.75, £2000, and £110, while the Maiduguri Zonal Command recovered N58,065,870 and $3,370.

,,,,,Gombe Command recovered N127,323,028.50 and $1,500. Kano Command recovered N141,944,451 and $365, as Makurdi Command recovered N53,228, 325 and Enugu Command recovered N202,117,000 and $1,950.

Others arw Uyo Command recovered N25,299,950 and $710, Port Harcourt Zonal Command recovered N2,412,247,210.05 and $5,714,389.21 and Sokoto Command recovered the sum of N100,696,118.72.

These happened under the chairmanship of Ola Olukoyede.