The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has traced about N1.4billion allegedly belonging to the Akwa Ibom State Government to 11 suspected slush accounts.
The cash was remitted into the accounts in two tranches of N1.1billion and N300million,The Nation gathered yesterday.
Some of the accounts belong to eight top lawyers in the country. Sources said yesterday that they might be interrogated soon.
One of the suspected lawyers has made a statement to the EFCC on how he came about the huge transfers into his account from the Akwa Ibom State Government accounts. Read more