EFCC Tackles Ex-AGF Adoke On Book Claims

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has reacted to the claims of the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, in his recently released autobiography.

It was gathered that the former minister’s claim on Halliburton’s $24 m fine settlement shared by five lawyers, $2 m settlement in the controversial Malabu deal, recommendation for the payment of $185 million to shadowy Process and Industrial Development as well as many other controversial deals that have denied Nigeria of huge revenue had been isolated for ‘clearance’ by Adoke.

“We really need Adoke’s detailed explanations on these and many other issues that are very germane to the economy and financial health and image of Nigeria because of the crucial roles that he played as a minister and attorney general when these issues were consummated,” one of the top officials said.

“A case in point is that while some foreign companies admitted paying bribes in the Halliburton case and accepted to pay fines in Dollars amounting to N24 million, the money disappeared into the coffers of some persons while the suspect was minister.

“We really want to know how much was paid by the companies and how much was paid into the Federal Government coffers,” the official said, describing Adoke’s claim in his book: Burden of Service: Reminiscences of Nigeria’s Former Attorney-General, as outlandish and untenable.

But asked to explain why the operatives would be grilling the former minister when he is still weak and in pains, the source said that Adoke was in good medical state and that EFCC medical doctors were equal to the task of meeting his medical needs.

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I think that Adoke has no problems and if any medical situation arises our medical team is able to attend to him. So far, we have given him the best of treatment so as to enable him to speak up and be able to prove his innocence in court,” the source explained.

Vanguard learnt that EFCC has reviewed the charges earlier slammed on Adoke and is set to dock him as soon as the 14-dasy window of detention granted by a Federal Capital Territory court lapses early next year.

The former minister is said to be cooperating with his interrogators since he was taken into custody on December 19, 2019 upon his arrival from the United Arab Emirate, where he had been for over a month. Since leaving office as AGF in 2015, Adoke had been outside the country, claiming to be studying in Europe.