Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the anti-graft agency is currently investigating 18 sitting governors.
Speaking during a sensitisation programme in Lagos on
Friday, Olukoyede said the agency will take action when the tenure of the
governors elapses.
The programme was organised to sensitise stakeholders,
including movie producers and bureau de change operators, on the ills of naira
mutilation and abuse.
During the question and answer session, the EFCC boss
narrated how a former governor was arrested in the United Kingdom because a
hotel manager thought he was mad for spraying pounds.
Olukoyede said the former governor in question fled Nigeria
to the UK a day after he handed over power.
“I will give you an experience we had in EFCC. There was a
time in this country when we were investigating a governor. We don’t wait until
they finish their tenures before we investigate,” he said.
“As I’m talking to you, I’m investigating about 18 governors
who are still serving. When they leave (office), we will go to the next level.
“This governor was investigated while he was in office.
Immediately, he finished his tenure, the following day, he took off to England
to avoid the arrest of EFCC.
“Coincidentally, that week happens to be his birthday. He
organised a birthday party in the hotel where he was staying.
“While the party was going on, he started spraying pounds —
50 bills and 10 bills. So the manager of the hotel was called. He came down and
saw the former governor spraying pounds. He had never seen such a thing in his
life so he had to call 911.
“When the Metropolitan Police came, he asked that they
should help arrest the former governor. The ex-governor was arrested and they
wanted to put him in an ambulance.
“The people — his friends, colleagues, and two governors —
who went to London to celebrate with him had to intervene. They said the
ex-governor was not a mad man because the hotel manager thought he was mad.”
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