The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has summoned Kingsley Kuku, a
former special adviser on Niger Delta Affairs to ex-President Goodluck
Jonathan, for questioning. A
reliable source in the commission told PREMIUM TIMES that Mr. Kuku and
two others are wanted by the EFCC over allegation of embezzlement and
fraudulent diversion of funds running into hundreds of millions of
Naira. Details of the allegations against the former presidential aide are not immediately available, but there
have been concerns that the amnesty programme of the last administration was fraught with massive corruption. Mr. Kuku, our source said, has been directed to appear before a team of interrogators at the EFCC office on Tuesday, July 28.
Mr. Kuku could not be reached for comments Friday afternoon. In
a related development, the anti-graft agency has grilled Baraka Sani, a
former special assistant to President Jonathan on Schools and
Agricultural programme.nPREMIUM
TIMES learnt that she was questioned by operatives for more than 10
hours on July 22, over allegation that she diverted funds meant for the
schools agricultural programme of the administration. She
was however released on administrative bail to enable her to return
with documents she said would help her explain her involvement in the
alleged mega scam. When contacted, the spokesperson for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed that Kuku has been invited by the agency. He also confirmed that Ms. Sani was quizzed by the agency.
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