Nigeria: N100 Billion Scam - Don't Celebrate Yet, EFCC Tells Odili

16 August 2012

Abuja — Indications emerged yesterday that the perpetual injunction, obtained by the former Rivers State Governor, Dr. Peter Odili, secured from a Federal High Court against his prosecution over alleged diversion of over N100 billion during his eight-year tenure, might amount to a pyrrhic victory.

Findings by Vanguard revealed that contrary to report of discontinuation, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is pressing ahead with the case, with a view to bringing the former governor to book.

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