EFCC obtains court’s order to freeze Bauchi account

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, obtained an order of the Federal High Court in Abuja permitting it to freeze an account of the Bauchi State Government domiciled in First City

Monument Bank.

The account is dubbed as the ‘Bauchi State Government Operational Account’, according to the anti-graft agency. An investigator in the Abuja zonal office of the Economic Governance section of the EFCC, Yakubu Sani, alleged in an affidavit filed in support of the application that an intelligence report revealed that the immediate-past governor of the state, Abubakar, in the twilight of his administration, initiated “a process of overdrawing to launder the sum of N19,897,809,334.08”.

“That the bank account subject matter of the intelligence is the Bauchi State Government Operational Account number 0998552074 domiciled in First City Monument Bank.

 

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Bauchi muna ruwa kenan.

Cowering has began.

Lol just now now

There should be a human face to the activities of anti-graft agencies. Freezing a state account is a good excuse not to pay salaries for months. The people suffer.

Is die legal?

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