EFCC chair, minister off to retrieve cash




All seems set for the repatriation of over
$200billion stashed away by some former
governors, ex-ministers and other public
officers in the United Arab Emirates
(UAE), The Nation learnt yesterday.
Some mansions belonging to some former
Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) and
their cronies or fronts may also be seized,
a source said.





Under the searchlight for stashing away
cash or acquiring properties in the UAE
are seven former governors, six former
ministers, a fleeing presidential aide
implicated in the $2.1billion arms deals,
ex-military chiefs under probe, agents /
fronts of some of these public officers
and five chieftains of the Peoples
Democratic Party(PDP).




A Federal Government team, comprising
the Minister of Justice and Attorney-
General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar
Malami, the Chairman of the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC),
Mr. Ibrahim Magu and crack detectives
from the anti-graft agency, yesterday
started comparing collated intelligence
notes on the PEPs with their UAE
counterparts.




The EFCC officials arrived in Dubai on
Saturday. The Minister left
Abuja yesterday to join the team.
It was learnt that the AGF had barely
returned from an official assignment when
an urgent travel arrangement was made
for him.




The delegation went to UAE in line with an
agreement with the Federal Government.
President Muhammadu Buhari in January
signed a “Judicial Agreement on
Extradition, Transfer of Sentenced
Persons, Mutual Legal Assistance on
Criminal Matters, and Mutual Legal
Assistance on Criminal and Commercial
Matters, which includes the recovery and
repatriation of stolen wealth”.

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