It’s no longer news that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is monitoring the bank accounts of various states to prevent outgoing governors from looting their state.
It was gathered that the bank accounts of many states, including that of Imo, Kano, Kwara, Lagos and others, might have been placed under special watch.
Reports has it that the commission was particularly focusing on outgoing governors who might want to siphon public funds before leaving office. The action was sequel to intelligence report about suspicious financial activities by top officials of the concerned states.
Seyi Makinde, who is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo state, alleged that he has informed that contracts were being used to move the money in agreement with a few civil servants and warned that he might be forced to launch a probe, if the aim of the contracts was to deplete the state’s treasury.
Also in Ogun State, the National Association of Nigerian Students, have advised the Governor-Elect, Dapo Abiodun, to monitor the state treasury to avoid its depletion before the expiration of the outgoing government by setting up a committee “to monitor every transaction of the incumbent governor.
The acting EFCC spokesman, Tony Orilade, did not deny or confirm the surveillance on the bank accounts of state governments as he simply said that part of the responsibility of the Commission was to prevent corruption.
