The EFCC are on red-alert after it has been revealed that a former minister linked to the N3.1bn Fraud has sneaked out of the country to avoid prosecution.
A former minister linked to the N3.1bn fraud has sneaked out of the country as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, prepares to name the beneficiaries of the N3.1 billion withdrawn from the account of the National Security Adviser in the Central Bank of Nigeria for political campaign.
According to Vanguard, sources at the anti-graft agency said last night that the former minister, who hails from one of the South-East states, sneaked out of Nigeria just before the EFCC blew the lid on the huge cash withdrawal.
It is believed the former minister received as much as N350 million of the cash. It has been gathered that she left for a European nation.
According to a source, although most of the beneficiaries claimed they had the permission of the former President to collect the cash to campaign for him, the President might not have had any knowledge of such transactions.
A source close to the former minister has defended her and claimed she left the country two weeks ago for the foreign country not because of the cash or EFCC investigation.
“Madam has, however, been informed of the amount of money she is said to have received from the ONSA for political campaign but she is not in Nigeria as we speak.
“The woman has been informed of what the anti-graft agency has said about her but we don’t know when she will return to Nigeria,” a close aide of the former minister said yesterday.
In the coming weeks, the EFCC will name the five other Peoples Democratic Party chieftains who shared the whopping sum of money.