The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has disclosed that no fewer than 18 state governors currently in office are being probed by the commission.
Olukoyede made the revelation during a public awareness programme in Lagos on the dangers of naira abuse and mutilation.
He explained that although the investigations are already underway, further actions will be taken once the governors complete their tenures.
He narrated a past experience involving a former governor who, immediately after leaving office, escaped to the United Kingdom to evade arrest.
“I’ll share something from our files,” Olukoyede stated. “We once investigated a sitting governor.
"We don’t always wait for them to leave office. Right now, I have about 18 sitting governors under investigation. When they’re out of office, we’ll move to the next phase.”
He continued, “This particular governor fled the country the day after his tenure ended. He went to the UK and coincidentally, it was the week of his birthday. He threw a lavish party at a hotel and began spraying £50 and £10 notes.”
According to Olukoyede, the hotel manager, alarmed by the unusual display of wealth, called emergency services.
“When the police arrived, they assumed he was mentally unstable and prepared to take him away in an ambulance,” the EFCC chairman said.
“It took the intervention of his friends, including two serving Nigerian governors, to convince them he wasn’t mentally ill.”
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