New EFCC Chairman To Fight Fraud Cases Against Top Former Nigerian Politicans And Public Figures

N772B Fraud Cases Against Former Governors, Ministers, and Top Politicians Will Be Fought by the New EFCC Chairman

Olukoyede, the next EFCC chairman, will take over 25 high-profile corruption investigations including former senators, ministers, and governors.

Not less than N772.2 billion and another $2.2 billion are allegedly missing due to money laundering, fund diverting, and mismanagement in the high-profile cases.

The committee has asked many former governors to testify, including Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the immediate past governor of Ekiti State; Ayo Fayose, his predecessor; and Chimaroke Nnamani, the former governor of Enugu State.

Other unresolved cases involving the commission include those involving Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former minister of petroleum resources, and Col. Sambo Dasuki, a former national security adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan.

In June, the panel invited Fayemi in response to claims that he misappropriated N4 billion while serving as governor. The next day, Ahmad Sajoh, Fayemi's press secretary, announced in a statement that the former governor had been invited "regarding a money laundering petition against him," adding that the petition had been submitted by an unnamed entity.

The former governor of Zamfara State was reportedly under investigation by the EFCC in May for allegedly diverting N70 billion from the state coffers.

While Matawalle was being investigated by the EFCC for N70 billion in fraud, the former governor accused Bawa of demanding a $2 million bribe. It was impossible to determine how the allegations of fraud and bribery stood.

The EFCC also accused Nnamani of committing an alleged N5.3 billion fraud, but the case was dismissed in 2018. However, the agency announced in February of that same year that it planned to charge Nnamani and his former aide Sunday Anyaogu once more. It was unable to determine whether the EFCC had filed the new charges as promised or what the case's current state was.