July 19, 2025
The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has said that 18 sitting governors are currently under probe by the commission.
Olukoyede, had disclosed on Friday while speaking at a sensitization programme.
“As I’m talking to you, I’m investigating about 18 governors who are still serving. When they leave office, we will go to the next level”.
The EFCC chairman went further to narrate the story of a former governor who was arrested in the United Kingdom.
“I will give you an experience we had in EFCC. There was a time in this country when we were investigating a governor. We don’t wait until they finish their tenures before we investigate.
“This governor was investigated while he was in office. Immediately, he finished his tenure, the following day, he took off to England to avoid the arrest of EFCC,” he said.
Olukoyede added that the former governor organised a birthday party in the hotel where he was staying, where he sprayed 50 bills and 10 bills.
He further noted that the hotel manager called 911 because he thought the ex-governor was mad.” and when the Metropolitan Police arrived, he asked them to arrest the former governor.
He said it took the intervention the guest, his friends, colleagues, and two governors who were present to convince the hotel and the police that the ex-governor was not a mad man.
