The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed that it will invite former president Goodluck Jonathan when it is through with its investigation.
This was made known by Ibrahim Magu, the acting chairman of the EFCC at the office of the BBC Hausa service in London, Daily Trust reports.
When asked when Jonathan would be invited for questioning, Magu said: “Anybody that is involved in this scandal, we will invite him. It is only that we have to first establish our evidence. Anybody who is guilty, I swear, we will summon him wherever he is. And we have never invited anybody who is guilty. Anybody that we invited, we must have finished with our background study on him.
“We spend not just days for the background work but months until we establish the case before we issue invitation. That is why none of the people we invited has come out clean. Whoever stole public funds and we establish our evidence, I’m telling you we will invite him, without cover. That is how the work is. We compile dossiers of proofs and facts before we invite.”
Magu also said on May 29, Nigerians would know the exact amount the EFCC has recovered from some corrupt officials.
“Because of what is going on, I can’t tell you the exact amount we have recovered so far. But we are still collecting the monies. I can’t tell you for now, but what we have recovered within this period alone, was never recorded since the establishment of the EFCC in 2003.”
On reports saying the EFCC had recovered $3.1bn so far, he said, “Actually, what we recovered is way beyond that figure. I don’t want to let it out now. On 29 May, we will disclose every detail and Nigerians will know what we have done.”
Please invite him.