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EFCC Arraigns Ex-Customs Boss, Okafor for Alleged N3bn Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May 21, 2019 arraigned one Bridget Okafor, a former Assistant Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs on a 13-count charge bordering on abuse of office to the tune of N3,336,176,661.24 (Three Billion, Three Hundred and Thirty-six Million, One Hundred and Seventy-six Thousand, Six Hundred and Sixty-one Naira, Twenty-four Kobo). She was arraigned before Justice Venchak S. Gaba of a Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Kwali. One of the counts reads: “That you, Bridget Chienyezu Okafor, whilst being employed in the public service and ser…