EFCC : The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detectives, who raided the Abuja home of Allison-Madueke, just at about the time of her arrest in the UK, on Friday, reportedly recovered cash running into millions of Naira. The trial is expected to be conducted in London and is likely to draw thousands of Nigerians resident in the United Kingdom (UK) but no date was specified yet. An official of the NCA gave indication of the trial in a telephone chat but pointed out that the identities of all the suspects would only be unveiled at the point of charging them to court. The official explained that the law establishing the NCA does not allow it to name those being investigated before charging them to court. The official said: “Indeed we cannot name the five persons who were arrested and granted police conditional bail until we are ready to charge them to court. “The law does not permit us to do so and we will release appropriate information to the media as the case prog...