December 12, (THEWILL) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Sunday disclosed that a Northern Governor personally withdrew up to N60 billion from his state treasury.
The development was disclosed on Sunday in the latest edition of the agency’s Magazine, EFCC Alert.
Although the Anti-graft agency did not disclose the name of the governor, it however said he is from the North Central part of the country.
Chairman of the Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, who spoke in the latest edition of the magazine said the discovery was made via the intelligence department of the Commission, and that more revelations will be made public soon.
He said, “I can tell you for free that the new Department of Intelligence that we have created is working wonders.
“They have come up with a lot of intelligence. In one of them, a governor in a North-Central state within the last six years (one individual) has withdrawn over N60 billion in cash.
” We are looking at all of that, and I assure you that at the end of all of our investigations, Nigerians are going to be briefed of what we are doing behind the scene on cybercrime, politically exposed persons as well as engaging government agencies to ensure that we have better processes and procedures on how to do government business.
