In an update contained in a bulletin titled “EFCC Alert,”
the commission said it is also investigating 50 bank accounts, adding that the
N30 billion recovered is in the coffers of the federal government.
“We have laws and regulations guiding our investigations.
Nigerians will also know that they are already on suspension and this is based
on the investigations we have done, and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has proved
to Nigerians that he is ready to fight corruption,” Ola Olukoyede, EFCC
chairman, was quoted as saying in the bulletin.
“Moreover, with respect to this particular case, we have
recovered over N30 billion, which is already in the coffers of the Federal
Government.
“It takes time to
conclude investigations; we started this matter less than six weeks ago. There
are cases that take years to investigate.
“There are so many angles to it. And we need to follow
through some of the discoveries that we have seen.
“Nigerians should give us time on this matter; we have
professionals on this case and they need to do things right. There are so many
leads here and there.
“As it is now, we are investigating over 50 bank accounts we
have traced money into. That is no child’s play. That’s a big deal.
“Then you ask about
my staff strength. And again, we have thousands of other cases that we are
working on. Nigerians have seen the impact of what we have done so far, by way
of some people being placed on suspension and by way of the recoveries that we
have made.
“You have seen that the programme itself has been suspended.
We are exploring so many discoveries that we have stumbled upon in our
investigation.
“If it is about seeing people in jail, well let them wait,
everything has a process to follow. So Nigerians should wait and give us the
benefit of the doubt.”
