Diversion: Falana urges EFCC to probe Sanusi, Soludo, others

– Femi Falana has asked the EFCC to investigate a range of financial dealings involving government establishments – Says the finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, has not taken steps to recover billions of dollars either criminally diverted or illegally withheld from government account

Femi Falana has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) to investigate alleged diversion of public funds over the years by the central bank, under former governors, Chukwuma Soludo and Lamido Sanusi.

Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria also called on the anti-graft agency to investigate a range of financial dealings involving the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other government establishments. According to Premium Times, he said the finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, had not taken steps to recover billions of dollars “either criminally diverted or illegally withheld” from government account.
He said the increasing pressures being mounted on the federal government by “the parasitic faction of the ruling class to auction the remaining assets of the nation” made the investigation timely.

Femi Falana’s comments followed calls by businessman, Aliko Dangote, and the senate president, Bukola Saraki, for the government to sell national asset to stem recession.