Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

EFCC Abuja Zonal Office Records 42 Convictions, Recovers N725.2m

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Abuja Zonal Office, within its first year of establishment secured 42 convictions as at November, 2019. This number of convictions was derived from 615 petitions, of which 305 were put under investigation, with 164 currently with the zone’s Legal Unit for advice and possible prosecution and 74 pending in court. The rest, which fell out of the Commission’s purview were either transferred to sister agencies for prosecution or dropped for lack of merit. These disclosures were made on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 in a press briefing, held at Abuja…