EFCC says Boroh still in custody, family denies $9m recovery (Punch)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says the recently sacked Special Adviser to the President and Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig.Gen. Paul Boroh (retd.), is still in its custody as investigations of fraud levelled against him continue.

The spokesman for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed this to our correspondent on the telephone on Wednesday.

Uwujaren, however, said he could not confirm if $9m was recovered from the suspect when his house was searched.

“I cannot confirm at the moment if money was recovered from him,” Uwujaren said. Read more