Fayose, Okonjo-Iweala, 21 Others Under Anti-Graft Agency’s Probe

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Ex-governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose have have been reported as some of the 25 politicians and senior public officials under investigation by the EFCC as of August 2017. In a Punch report, the list was recently sent by the anti-graft agency to the Attorney General of the Federation and Justice Minister Abubakar Malami (SAN), on request. The list, as reported below, did not reveal details of the cases under investigation, has 106 cases under investigation and several others pending in court, but stagnated or moved slowly. The EFCC reportedly reported the date each of the more than 100 cases was referred to, as well as the challenges found in the research and the source of information that led to the initiation of the investigation.


Sources of such information for the cases were listed as intelligence, whistle-blowers and petitions from government agencies and private citizens.
Prominent on the list according to the report are:
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State
Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr.  Kayode Fayemi
Ex-Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello
Ex-Governor of Kogi State, Captain Idris Wada
Senate’s Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio
Ex-First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan
Senator representing Plateau North, Jonah Jang
Controversial PDP chairman, Ali Modu Sherriff
Chief Lucky Igbinedion
Ex- Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke
Ex-Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN)
Ex-Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Bala Mohammed
Ex-Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, who is currently the Senator representing Anambra North
Ex-Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe.
Rear Admiral Alison Madueke (retd)
Ex-Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati
Ex-Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe
Ex-Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Dikko
Ex-acting Chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus
Col. Bello Fadile (retd.)
Incoming Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Abdu Kafarati;
Justice Mohammed Tsamiya
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