Two persons have made separate attempts to claim the $2.1m (about N418million) cash seized by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The NDLEA had on July 3 intercepted the cash which was being conveyed by a bureau de change operator, Mr. Ibiteye John Bamidele.
The anti-narcotics agency had suspected the bureau de change operator of laundering the money.
Following his confession that he was on money laundering errand allegedly for a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Dr. Olufemi Thomas, the NDLEA had on July 8 handed over the suspect and the cash to the EFCC.
Investigations revealed on Saturday reveal that two different persons have showed up at the Lagos office of the EFCC to claim the cash.
one of the impostors, a man, who showed up to claim ownership of the money, later confessed to EFCC operatives that he was hired by some persons he didn’t name to retrieve the money from the commission.
His claim was said to have been punctured by the EFCC team and he was subsequently arrested.
Similarly, a lady was also said to have appeared at the Lagos office of the EFCC, claiming that she was the one that gave Bamidele the money.
The lady was said to have made repeated calls to the supposed owner of the money who failed to fulfil his promise that he would meet her at the EFCC office.
When she realised that her partner had failed her with the refusal to appear at the commission. She was also said to have pleaded for mercy especially when the operatives confronted her with facts from Bamidele.
The EFCC had invited the former NHIS boss, the prime suspect, for interrogation on Friday and released him after hours of interrogation.
The EFCC operatives, who grilled the ex-NHIS boss in relation to the ownership of the controversial money, asked him to report to the Lagos office of the commission for further investigation whenever he is needed.
No date was fixed for the next session with the commission.
Edited from Punch.
Thats a lot of carefully stolen cash.....At the end of the investigations,who will inherit this money?who inherits all cash seized by the EFCC?.
lol the EFCC of course! Abi na church? odiegwu
ReplyDeleteCBN inherits the cash
ReplyDeleteCBN inherits the cash
ReplyDeleteGovernment of course, the fear of Buhari makes EFCC active
ReplyDeleteEFCC should hold onto these people. All these attempt at trying to recover the seized money could possibly mean that whoever embezzled the money only has this to show for his/her stay in government hence the attempts.
ReplyDeleteSo who now sent the Mr Bamidele on an errand is my question?
ReplyDeleteThe ogas
ReplyDeleteEFCC is $2.1m richer. Ideally money like that without claim should be put in the Nigerian treasury or given to federal government but then EFCC is a government agency so...
ReplyDeletei used to think you had small sense.how can efcc be 2.1m dollars richer.common sense did not minister to you that it will go to the govt? in trying to sound smart,you fumbled..i hate you and delta chick officialy.squareface.whooore!
DeleteAnon Too Harsh. Haba
DeleteLa wa o *I go dye's voice* Dem snatch your husband? @8:40
DeleteYou will be fine your hate only makes you a fan. Why are you anonymous though? Are you scared?
DeleteIt goes back to the government
ReplyDeleteLol.
ReplyDeleteThe money belongs to the government eventually.
ReplyDeleteBut why seize the money?
After all he was not going out of the country with it.
Is it now a crime to move about with cash?
Let the EFCC charge them to court.
Am interested in knowing what's the limit of cash that you are allowed to go around with in the country.
Make I go collect dat 'do as I say' packet of sweet from my babalawo! Going to efcc to claim dat money on Monday! #NoDulling
ReplyDeleteNa d money dey suppose use for us public servant as NHIS benefit oo!but see it on a journey of no return,this scheme only caters for silly ailments like malaria,typhiod,headache etc,but dare tell them u have a terminal illness or a major sickness they will tell u NHIS doesn't cover that,meanwhile dey deduct every month from our salaries!is it fair?
ReplyDelete.....as for who inherits d money,civil servants of course?abi how u see am Stella?i go find u something if e work.#winks#lol!
But criously,whooping 418mill stolen by one ES,then I wonder how much DG and other BOD members would have stolen.,hmmm!
D amount of Monies catwalking abt in dis country sha...Efcc do the needful alrdy!
ReplyDeleteThe money goes back to EFCC for sure
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