Nigeria: EFCC Raids Kwara, Jigawa States

7 September 2010

Abuja and Dutse — Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday, in separate operations,raided Kwara and Jigawa States and arrested local government chairmen, commissioners and other top state government officials in the states,

over alleged misappropriation and diversion of local government funds, which border on economic and financial crimes.

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