The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may soon invite
Goodluck Jonathan’s wife to explain her role in the sourcing and
disbursement of huge funds spent by the presidency during the last two
weeks before the general elections.

The fund, estimated at over a trillion naira, was reportedly disbursed through
the Amnesty office to some political bigwigs in the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP).

According to investigators of the disbursement, the release of about 40% of
the funds was authorized by the former First Lady.

The operatives of the anti-graft agency are also investigating the source of
the funds, which has not been yet established because the former head of the
presidential amnesty programme departed from Nigeria.


Speaking with The Sun, sources who pleaded for anonymity said that the
former Amesty office’s boss “allegedly disbursed the bulk of the money,
which was not part of the funds allocated to his office.”

“Ordinarily, he should have been here to defend himself against the petitions,
but he has refused to show up. It is highly suspected that he is not in any
hospital. It was all a dummy be sold to Nigerians. He left this country as
soon as he sensed the EFCC may invite him to explain his role in the funds
disbursement,” he added.

The source noted that the investigation team has already interrogated some
aides, including personal assistants and driver of the former boss of the
Amnesty office, on the matter.

In the past few months, the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari
has increased the tempo of its hunt for public funds suspected to have been
looted from the government coffers. Many serving and retired military
officers as well as top politicians have been interrogated by the EFCC
operatives.


It would be noted that Buhari’s anti-corruption campaign has started yielding
fruits. A few days ago, the immediate past director of finance and budget of
the Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore O. O. Gbadebo, returned the sum of
N84 million to the anti-graft agency.

Earlier this year, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and former
military governor of Kaduna state, Jafaru Isa, returned N100m out of the
N170m he reportedly received from former national security adviser, Sambo
Dasuki.

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