Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde, is under the Senate probe over alleged diversion of N2 trillion.
Chairman of the Senate committee, Sam Anyanwu (PDP-Imo East), said today while speaking with newsmen in Abuja that the chairman will appear before us next week over petition bordering on alleged fraud leveled against him by George Uboh.
“You will recall that when the petitioner appeared before us on the 26th of August to make his submissions on the alleged fraud against the EFCC boss, we got a letter from Lamorde requesting for three weeks grace before appearing before us, but the recess Senate embarked upon same day couldn’t make the committee to summon him for appearance at the expiration of the three weeks grace in the second week of September due to overseas trips made by some members of the committee.”
The petitioner, Uboh, had told the Senate committee that the EFCC boss allegedly diverted N2 trillion recovered funds by the Federal Government and allegedly gave choice seized assets to some of his siblings, especially Usman.
Uboh alleged that his findings and interaction with the late Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, showed that the amount recovered from the former governor was far more than what the EFCC declared in its reports.
The Upper Chamber had in August started investigating Lamorde over the alleged diversion of N2 trillion recovered by the commission.
There were, however, stiff opposition against the probe by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the Senate and the Unity Forum senators. [myad]
