The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has reportedly summoned Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State.
According to Premium Times which quoted sources at the
anti-graft agency, the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) was asked to appear before it on October 27.
The news medium had recently unearthed what it knows about
an alleged financial laws the opposition chieftain violated by running his
company and foreign bank account while in public office against extant laws.He
was also said to have refused to publicly declare assets he co-owned with
members of his family while in office as governor of Anambra State, another
requirement expected of public servants in compliance with Code of Conduct
Bureau (CCB) laws.
The EFCC, it was learnt, communicated the invitation to Mr
Obi during the week and has been mandated to go after other suspects whose
names have featured in the Pandora Papers scandal, an investigative series
comprising of 600 journalists globally.
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