Abacha loot: EFCC set to quiz Jonathan’s minister of finance over missing £22.5m

– The EFCC is set to arraign a former minister over funds recovered from the Abacha family

– A source said the records of the recovered funds could not be traced.

A source has said that the  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will investigate a former minister of finance over missing £22.5 million from the family of late General Sani Abacha.

The Nation reports that the money which was recovered from the Island of Jersey could not be traced.

A source who pleaded anonymity said the investigation was borne out of the fact that there was communication between government of the Island of Jersey and a former minister of finance.

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“There was certainly a communication between the government of the Island of Jersey and  a former minister of finance. The EFCC investigators are probing whether the cash was actually repatriated into the government’s coffers or diverted into a personal account.

“During the administration of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, the ex-minister was said to have declared that the money had been spent.

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“The records of the transactions are not just there at all. This development has created much suspicion on the whereabouts of the Abacha loot.The EFCC might interrogate the ex-minister if it cannot trace the records of the repatriation of the loot,” the source said.

Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice noted that the legal hurdles for the repatriation of the $480 million recovered from the family by the United States has been cleared.

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