Charity Nnaji
The nation’s anti-graft agency,
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has found multiple
currencies stashed at House 16, Osborne Road in Ikoyi, Lagos Island.
The currencies include $43.4
million (about N13.237 billion), N23 million and £27,000 cash
The agency acting on a
tip off suspected that the cash might have been proceeds of crime kept at the
residence to prevent any bank alert.
However the agency did
not disclose identity of the owner of the cash pending the conclusion of
investigations.
According to a source,
who spoke in confidence: “We acted on intelligence report that there was huge
cash in an apartment in Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos.
“A whistle blower who had
insider knowledge of how the funds were kept in some locked up rooms in the
house alerted the EFCC.
“As at the last count, we
have recovered about $43.4 million (N13.237 billion at N305 per dollar) N23
million and £27,000. The figures could be higher than what we have counted.
“But we engaged the
Central Bank of Nigeria to mobilise counting machines to assist in determining
the total haul. Certainly, we are acting on some clues on how the money came
about. We have a lot of intelligence we are analysing.”
Recalled that the Federal
Government on December 22 last year, launched a whistle blowing policy to
expose fraud and other related crimes in the public and the private sectors.
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