Ilorin
The Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has handed over N263 million recovered from public officers to Kwara state government.
Presenting the cheque to Governor AbdulRaham AbdulRazaq at the EFCC Ilorin zonal office on Tuesday, the Zonal Head of the commission ,Mr Isyaku Sharu, said the money was part of the funds looted from the treasury of the state internal revenue service as well as the 16 local government areas in the state.
He said the money was part of about N 5billion syphoned from Kwara internal revenue service and shared in the ratio of 30 to 70 percent among notable but corrupt individuals in the state through their cronnies.
Sharu assured that EFCC was keeping track of the activities of all political office holders, either appointed or elected, to ensure sanity in the polity.
He noted that the state government would be informed of any financial irregularities against any appointee, to enable it sanitise the system.
Receiving the cheque,AbdulRazq expressed satisfaction with the level of successes recorded by the commission in ridding the state of corruption practises.
He said the achievements of EFCC had vindicated the commission and the state government of the allegations of victimisation by the culprits.
AbdulRazq said the state government would invest the fund into it’s newly replicated Social Investment Programme(SIP), stressing that all funds given to the state government would be utilised judiciously.
