The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said a former<\/p>\n
Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, has returned the sum of
\n100 million Naira to the Nigerian Government.<\/p>\n
Spokesperson of the anti-graft agency, Wilson Uwujaren, on Thursday
\nconfirmed the payment to Channels Television.<\/p>\n
He said the EFCC chairman, Ibrahim Magu, rejected the initial offer and
\ndemanded that the former Minister signed an undertaking to pay back the
\nsum of 600 million Naira within a stipulated time.<\/p>\n
But the former Minister rejected, claiming he had no means of raising such
\namount.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, the EFCC has begun the verification of\u00a0 payments as
\ninterrogations continue.<\/p>\n
Obanikoro Reports To EFCC<\/p>\n
Three months after his invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes
\nCommission (EFCC), a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu
\nObanikoro, has reported to the anti-graft agency.<\/p>\n
Senator Obanikoro returned to the country on Monday from the U.S. and
\nlater proceeded to an EFCC facility.<\/p>\n
The former minister who also represented Lagos state in the Senate, had
\nbeen a subject of interest to the commission in connection with alleged
\ndiversion of arms funds.<\/p>\n
He has been accused of involvement in corrupt practices, as the
\nanti-corruption campaign of the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration
\nintensified with a clampdown on some public officials from the previous
\nadministration.<\/p>\n
The EFCC has said that it has proof that Obanikoro received a total of
\n4.745 billion Naira from the office of the former National Security
\nAdviser between April 4, 2014, and December 15, 2014 through companies
\nbelonging to his sons.<\/p>\n
Mr Obanikoro has been in the United States since 2015 after the general
\nelections, where he said he was pursuing leadership and language courses
\nat an American university.<\/p>\n
The 2015 election saw his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
\nunseated at the centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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