EFCC set to arrest Jonathan

The EFCC says when it is through with its investigation, Goodluck Jonathan will be invited 

The anti-graft agency insists it does its homework before inviting any person to its office 

It promises to release vital information on May 29 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed that it will soon invite former president Goodluck Jonathan when it is through with its investigation. 

 Ibrahim Magu   Several officials who served during the administration of Jonathan have been under the radar of the EFCC while some have been arrested and are facing charges. 

The most notable being the distribution of funds through the office of the national security adviser to members of the Peoples Democratic Party for campaign. 

 EFCC fixes date for Jonathan’s arrest – source Daily Trust reports that this was made known by Ibrahim Magu, the acting chairman of the EFCC at the office of the BBC Hausa service in London. 

When asked when Jonathan would be invited for questioning, Magu said: “Anybody that is involved in this scandal, we will invite him. It is only that we have to first establish our evidence.  

Anybody who is guilty, I swear, we will summon him wherever he is. And we have never invited anybody who is guilty. Anybody that we invited, we must have finished with our background study on him. 

“We spend not just days for the background work but months until we establish the case before we issue invitation. That is why none of the people we invited has come out clean. Whoever stole public funds and we establish our evidence, I’m telling you we will invite him, without cover. 

That is how the work is. We compile dossiers of proofs and facts before we invite.” He said on May 29, Nigerians would know the exact amount the EFCC has recovered from some corrupt officials. “Because of what is going on, I can’t tell you the exact amount we have recovered so far. 

But we are still collecting the monies. I can’t tell you for now, but what we have recovered within this period alone, was never recorded since the establishment of the EFCC in 2003.”

Arms Deal: EFCC Set To Question Goodluck Jonathan On reports saying the EFCC had recovered $3.1bn so far, he said, “Actually, what we recovered is way beyond that figure. I don’t want to let it out now. On 29 May, we will disclose every detail and Nigerians will know what we have done.

” Meanwhile, A former presidential candidate, Ibrahim Shekarau who is being investigated by the EFCC on corruption related issues said he will not mind spending 10 years in the commission’s custody to prove his innocence. 

Shekarau who served as minister of information during the administration of Goodluck Jonathan was implicated by Alhaji Aminu Bashir Wali who is the former foreign affairs minister who confessed to the EFCC that he received the money on behalf of Kano PDP.