The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has placed 59 suspects on its ‘Most Wanted List’ over various fraudulent activities amounting to about N435bn, $397 million and €9.9 million.
In a statement on Sunday from the anti-graft agency signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC said the offences for which the suspects were declared wanted ranged from money laundering to obtaining money by false pretence, fraud, internet-related offences and issuance of dud cheque
The statement also called on anyone with useful information as to the whereabouts of the wanted persons to contact any of the commission’s offices or the nearest police station or other security agencies.
Some of the suspects on display on the EFCC list include a former Personal Assistant to an ex-governor of Kwara State, who allegedly signed for and laundered about N12 billion belonging to the state government.
The suspect was said to have jumped bail granted to him by the Commission and had remained incommunicado since then.
The single biggest crime committed by a suspect was ascribed to one Maxwell, who was declared wanted by the EFCC in an alleged case of conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretence and money laundering to the tune of N213 billion.
He was said to be running a trading and capital company, in which he allegedly defrauded investors of their funds and has been on the run since the bubble burst on him.
Another suspect on the list is a Nigerien…
