EFCC Chairman vows to arraign fuel subsidy suspects soon

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Lamorde, on Monday said that investigations into fuel subsidy payments by the Commission would soon be completed and those indicted arraigned in court.

Mr Lamorde made the disclosure when the President of Campaign for Democracy (CD) Joe Okei-Odumakin, paid him a courtesy visit at the Commission’s headquarters, Abuja.
According to the EFCC Chairman considerable amount of work has been done in the investigation of the fuel subsidy payments.
“The EFCC is avoiding media feast. That is why we are conducting the investigations and interrogations quietly, so as to have a smooth outcome. Very soon, some officials will be taken to court,” he said.
While lamenting the delay in the trial of corruption cases, Mr Lamorde recalls the case of a former governor who was arraigned in 2007 but the matter has not progressed beyond the plea stage due to frivolous applications by the defendant.
He said such delays are responsible for the clamour for the establishment of special courts to handle corruption cases. He absolved the Commission of blame in such delays saying that the EFCC has no control over the judicial process.
The EFCC Chairman urged the Campaign for Democracy to help monitor some of the corruption cases in court with a view to facilitating the speedy disposal of such cases.

*okay now, we are waiting*