Fuel Subsidy Probe Latest: Investigations almost complete, and suspects to be arraigned soon - EFCC

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, has stated that investigations into fuel subsidy payments by the commission would soon be completed and those indicted arraigned in court.

Lamorde, who stated this, yesterday, when the President of Campaign for Democracy, CD, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, paid him a courtesy visit at the commission’s headquarters, in Abuja, noted that the commission was not unmindful of the clamour by Nigerians for action by the EFCC on the matter, adding that the complex nature of the nation’s oil and gas industry required that more time be taken to properly investigate the subsidy morass.

According to Lamorde, considerable amount of work has been done in the investigation of the fuel subsidy payments, adding: “The EFCC is avoiding media feast. That is why we are conducting the investigations and interrogations quietly, so as to have a smooth outcome. Very soon, some officials will be taken to court,” he said.

Lamorde then urged the Campaign for Democracy to help monitor some of the corruption cases in court with a view to facilitating the speedy disposal of such cases.