– The EFCC in Kano recovered some money from oil marketers
– It explained that some of them were bad debts
– Some NNPC officials were accused of conniving with oil marketers not to pay what they owed
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it had recovered over N328.9bn out of N349.8bn debts from nine major petroleum marketers within the last one year.
NAN reports that the EFCC Head of Operation, North West Zone, Kano, Mr Adamu Hamisu-Danmusa, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Kano on Tuesday.
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He said the debts, which included legacy/bad debts and current debts, were recovered following report from the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria to the commission.
Some of the money recovered by the EFCC
“The IPMAN reported to the commission that there are some major marketers that connived with NNPC officials and received fuel allocation but refused to pay the money into the Treasury Single Account.
EFCC officials in Kano giving update about the cash recovery
“So after investigation, we were able to find out that there is N349.8bn as legacy/bad debts and debts on current transactions.
“The commission was able to make recoveries of N328.8bn from the nine major marketers from July 2016 to July 2017,” he said.
ATM cards being displayed by the EFCC
He said the commission was still making effort to ensure
Hamisu-Danmusa said the commission had also recovered huge amount of money from the cases reported by individuals, corporate bodies and Independent National Electoral Commission
Document showing details of the recovery made by the EFCC
“The money include N364.4m, $4.7m, £60,050, 59,200 euro and 70,500 Saudi Riyals.
“The money was recovered from January to date, “ Hamisu-Danmusa said.
He said the commission recovered N305,000 from a Chinese national arrested at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, on July 25.
He added that the Chinese, Mr Ma Youngin, who could not speak English language, was apprehended by Customs officials with the money while on his way to Dubai.
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One other suspect was also arrested at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, with 849 different ATM (debit) cards.
He said investigation was still ongoing into the two cases, adding as soon as the investigations were concluded, the suspects would be charged to court.
Meanwhile, a $37.5m Banana Island mansion linked to Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former minister of petroleum resources, is to be permanently forfeited to the federal government, on the orders of the Federal High Court in Lagos, Punch reports.
In the same vein, the court also ordered that sums of $2,740,197.96 and N84,537,840.70 realized as rents on the property should be forfeited to the government.
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