The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has handed over N108 million recovered from an alleged fraud involving two former employees to Karren Walters
Attorneys in Lagos.
The anti-graft agency
disclosed this in a statement on Friday, saying the money , presented in bank
drafts, formed part of money recovered during an investigation
into an alleged case of
abuse of office, forgery, stealing and diversion involving two former employees
of the company.
According to the EFCC,
investigations revealed that the suspects, Nkechi Gladys Megai, who is
currently at large after allegedly fleeing to the United
Kingdom, and Godson
Eze, a former Chief Financial Officer of the company, abused their positions by
forging documents, creating fake invoices in the names
of the company’s
legitimate vendors and diverting funds through fraudulent transactions carried
out over a period of time.
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The commission added
that the fraudulent payments ran into several hundreds of millions of naira.
Speaking during the
handover ceremony, the Acting Zonal Director of the EFCC’s Lagos Zonal
Directorate 2, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, Bawa Usman Kaltungo,
said the commission
remained committed to ensuring that victims of economic and financial crimes
obtained justice.
He said, “The Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission remains committed to ensuring that victims of
economic and financial crimes obtain justice and,
where possible, recover
assets fraudulently obtained from them.”
Kaltungo added that the
commission was determined to ensure that every person connected with the
alleged fraud faced the law.
He said, “Efforts are
ongoing to ensure that all persons connected with the fraud, including those
who have fled the country, are brought to justice in
accordance with the
law.”
The EFCC noted that the
company’s legal representatives commended the commission for its diligence in
investigating the matter.
According to the
statement, the lawyers “expressed appreciation to the EFCC for its painstaking
investigation, professionalism and commitment to recovering
the stolen funds.”
The commission added
that the legal representatives also assured it that “the recovered money would
go a long way towards mitigating the losses suffered
by the company.”
The EFCC said
investigations into the matter were continuing as it intensifies efforts to
apprehend all those connected with the alleged fraud.
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