The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is facing another controversy as an officer from its Kaduna Zonal Office, responsible for managing exhibits, has allegedly disappeared with over $30,000 and other valuables.
This incident follows the recent detention of 10 EFCC officers in Lagos for failing to account for missing operational items.
Although the EFCC has not released detailed information, investigations by DailyNigerian reveal that the missing items include gold bars worth over ₦1 billion, $180,000, and £140,000.
In the latest case, a staff member identified only as Polycarp reportedly vanished after being unable to explain the disappearance of the $30,000, according to DailyNigerian.
Sources speaking anonymously disclosed that the zonal director, Benedict Ubi, ordered an audit of the directorate’s exhibit room a few weeks ago, prompted by the internal heist uncovered in Lagos.
According to the sources, “Immediately after the order for the audit was given, he took an excuse to ease himself. Efforts were made to contact him but all his telephone lines were switched off. This is only what the preliminary audit on foreign currency shows. There are chances that more could be uncovered after a thorough audit of the exhibit room.”
It was learnt that the commission had launched a manhunt to trace the fleeing officer’s whereabouts.
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