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EFCC Reportedly Grills Fashola Over Asset Declaration
- Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secretly grilled a former Governor of Lagos State who is currently President Muhammadu Buhari’s Minister of Works and Housing, Babbatunde Raji Fashola.
- It was gathered that the anit-graft agency also wrote to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) seeking the Buhari Minister’s asset declaration documents in order to further establish another phase of the investigation.
There are reports that the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secretly grilled a former Governor of Lagos State who is currently President Muhammadu Buhari’s Minister of Works and Housing, Babbatunde Raji Fashola.
It was gathered that the questioning was not unconnected to the corrupt practices tied to his questionable asset declaration and an ongoing probe of Babatunde Fowler, the former chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
Some impeccable sources from EFCC office told EKOHOTBLOG on the condition of anonymity that the former Lagos State governor was interrogated after detectives were tipped off about his involvement in Fowler’s loot during his days as the head of Lagos Inland Revenue Service (LIRS) and most recently at the FIRS.
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It was gathered that the anit-graft agency also wrote to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) seeking the Buhari Minister’s asset declaration documents in order to further establish another phase of the investigation.
The sources revealed that Fashola strongly denied all charges of corruption, urging EFCC officials to ensure a thorough investigation of the matter before dragging his name into it.
The former Lagos State governor’s visit to the EFCC towards the end of 2020 has been kept entirely secret until now. Even then, little has been uncovered about the overall nature of the investigation, and specifics of what the works minister was accused of are still fuzzy.
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