Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has dared the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to reveal the identity of the owner of the N13bn recovered from an apartment in Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos to Nigerians as they deserve to know the truth and nothing other than that.
The Senate President said this on Tuesday while speaking on a monitored programme on Arise News Network.
Saraki noted that the whole confusion surrounding the recovered money, was not good for Nigeria’s image and warned that the National Assembly might need to step in.
“I believe this is something simple that the organisation (EFCC) should manage, even before the speculation started coming out. The circus has to come to end as to whether it belongs to individuals, companies, agencies or a state government.
“We, however, believe they will sort it out and eventually tell Nigerians who owns the money. Nigerians deserve to know. The circus must stop,” he said.
When asked if the EFCC made an error by not monitoring the Osborne Towers, Saraki said: “I would rather not comment and prejudge them because they might come before us.
“But clearly, Nigerians must know, to save us this embarrassment. I believe they should come out and tell us who owns the money. I believe an agency like this should monitor and clear this mess.”
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the EFCC had last week discovered specifically the sum of $38m, N23m and £27,000 from the apartment. However, the anti-graft agency is yet to reveal the identity of the owner(s) of the loot.