The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismissed a report on the sharing of funds seized from friends of the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, by its operatives and government officials.
An online platform had during the week reported that some EFCC operatives, ministers, and presidential aides shared over N50 billion forfeited by the associates of the ex-CBN governor who is standing trial in different courts of competent jurisdiction for allegedly abusing his position.
The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, made the clarification in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
He said no EFCC official has been involved in the sharing of any proceeds from forfeited assets.
The spokesman stressed that the person behind the report was unaware of the existing asset recovery and management framework.
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Oyewale said: “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission denounces as false the report by the online news platform, which alleges that ₦54 billion forfeited by some associates of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, was ‘shared’ among certain ministers and aides of President Tinubu, in collaboration with EFCC officials.
“No official of the Commission was or has ever been, involved in the ‘sharing’ of any proceeds from forfeited assets. The notion of ‘sharing of proceeds from forfeited assets’ is alien to the Commission.
“Both the EFCC Act 2004 and the Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Act 2022 are unambiguous regarding the accounts into which proceeds from forfeited assets are to be paid.
“There is no ‘platform’ for the ‘sharing of forfeited assets’; the notion itself being absurd. Otherwise, the news platform would have provided information about when and how the sharing took place and who received what.”
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