SAN FRANCISCO, November 01, (THEWILL) – The EFCC says it is resuming investigation into the over $43 millions dollars which it believed was diverted from the coffers of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). Operatives of the anti-graft agency found the cash in a luxury apartment in Ikoyi-Lagos in April this year.
It said it has therefore invited the sacked former Director-General of the NIA, Mr. Ayodele Oke and his wife, Folashade, whose name the apartment was registered in for questioning.
“In furtherance of its investigative activities to unravel the circumstances surrounding the $43.45 million cash recovered by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Lagos sometime in April 2017, the Commission has invited former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayodele Oke and his wife, Folashade Oke,” Wilson Uwujaren, the commission’s spokesperson said in a statement.
“Mrs. Oke had refused to honour previous invitations by the Commission which resumed its investigation into the matter, following the Federal Government’s decision to relieve Mr. Oke of his position as DG.
“Beside the couple, other suspects are equally being invited to determine their culpability or otherwise in the humongous cash, in foreign currencies and naira notes, stashed in a residential building at Osborne road Ikoyi, Lagos,” Mr. Uwujaren said.
Oke was formally dismissed from his post by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday following the recommendation of a presidential panel headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. He had earlier been suspended indefinitely since April 19, 2017, following the discovery of the cash.
