Buhari Query EFCC, DSS, ICPC Over Funds Recovered From Corrupt Nigerians

Following the non-disclosure of funds recovered from looters, President Muhammadu Buhari has queried the Ibrahim Magu-led Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The President directed the EFCC to as a matter of urgency, provide a detailed submission on amount of monies recovered so far by the agency since the commencement of the present administration on June, 2015.

Buhari also ordered the anti-graft agency to submit a detailed inventory of assets seized, including vehicles, jewelries and other valuables, latest by Friday April 6, 2017, just as the directive by the President was said to have been sent to the Ministry and the agencies early last week, Vanguard reports.

The report also quoted Buhari as quering the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Ministry of Finance, Department of State Services, DSS, among others.

Buhari, according to the report, also directed the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Lawal Daura, and the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), Mr. Ekpo Nta.

According to the source, like the EFCC, the heads of the agencies of government were asked to submit the details of recovered monies and assets in their possession byFriday.

The source added that President Buhari wants the inventory to present to those who criticize his government for failing in the anti-graft war, and relying on propaganda to give the impression that it was achieving results.

The source said, “Infact, in several yards across of the country where the EFCC keeps seized vehicles; Range Rovers, Jaguars, Prado jeeps, and expensive cars, we have heard reports of decay. The cars are allowed to rot, leading to massive waste