*Jonathan approved seized money to NIA
*It’s a security issue, says Presidency
*EFCC cautioned before operation
THE mystery surrounding the ownership of $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23,218, 000 recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from an Ikoyi apartment in Lagos was unraveled yesterday with the admittance of ownership by the National Intelligence Agency, NIA.
*Jonathan approved seized money to NIA
*It’s a security issue, says Presidency
*EFCC cautioned before operation
THE mystery surrounding the ownership of $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23,218, 000 recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from an Ikoyi apartment in Lagos was unraveled yesterday with the admittance of ownership by the National Intelligence Agency, NIA.
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Continuing, the Premium Times report stated that the NIA boss, on Thursday, had a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in company of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami on the matter.
Oke was reported to have been armed with two big envelopes assumed to contain paper and audio-visual records of the security projects.
President Buhari was said to have directed Magu to forward to him a detailed report on the operation even as the latter was asked to immediately deposit the funds with the CBN.
Oke was reportedly asked to document his complaints against the EFCC chairman and then reapply for the seized funds.
In addition, the report said the presidency might ask Malami to review reports submitted by the duo and make recommendations.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, was quoted to have said thus: “It’s a security issue, and not strictly a presidency issue.’’
Adesina was said to have directed further enquiries on the matter to the concerned security agencies.
However, the NIA boss was noted to have confirmed that the money belonged to the agency.
The spokesperson for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said he had not been briefed on the matter.
Malami, it was said, later noted that his presence at the meeting with President Buhari was a coincidence.
He was quoted thus: “I had a lot to do at the villa, and coincidentally he (Mr. Oke) too was there. I initially did not know why he was there until much later.’’
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