EFCC Invites Kingsley Kuku Over Alleged Embezzlement Of Amnesty Funds

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC have invited the former special adviser on Niger Delta matters to ex President Jonathan, Kingsley Kuku, over allegations of embezzlement of hundreds of millions of Naira meant for amnesty programme.

Mr Kuku alongside two of his aides are expected to be at the headquarters of the anti-graft agency on July 28th.

The EFCC had on July 22nd invited and interrogated a former special assistant to President Jonathan on Schools and Agricultural programme, Baraka Sani over allegations that she diverted money meant for agricultural programmes initiated for schools by the former administration. She was however released on administrative bail after she pleaded that the officials allow her return to their office with some documents that will help in further investigations.

EFCC Dismisses Claims Of Non-Performance

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Nigeria ?has described claims in some sections of the media that the commission has not fared well in over 11 years of its existence as false and misleading.

Briefing reporters in Abuja on Monday, the ?spokesman for the commission, Mr Wilson Uwajaren, said  the anti-graft agency had recovered a total of 65 billion Naira between 2012 and 2014.

He said the commission also secured several other  convictions within the period, contrary to claims that the commission had performed poorly.

Mr Uwajaren stressed that the campaign by one Juliet Ibekaku was malicious and an attempt to run down the commission.