Saturday, July 19, 2025 - The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, says the anti-graft agency is currently investigating 18 sitting governors.
Olukoyede disclosed this while speaking during a
sensitisation programme in Lagos on Friday, July 18.
He said the agency will take action when the tenure of the
governors elapses.
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.
“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.
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.” he said
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