EFCC probes NAFDAC boss

Director-general of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has become the latest suspect to be pulled in by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of contract scam and abuse of office.

It was gathered, that the NAFDAC boss was at the Wuse, Abuja headquarters of the EFCC on Monday morning to honour an invitation requesting him to present himself to be interviewed by the anti-graft agency.

A source disclosed that Orhii is accused of awarding contracts to companies linked to him/

He was allowed to go after Monday’s interrogation with a directive to report at the commission’s office on Tuesday.

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NAFDAC has, however, denied that Orhii was summoned and grilled over alleged act of fraud.

It said in a statement by its Director of Special Duties, Abubakar Jimoh, on Monday that the DG voluntarily visited the EFCC to clear the air on a petition against him by a former chief in the anti-narcotic agency.

The statement read, “We have been alerted to an online trending news of the visit of the Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Dr.Paul Orhii, to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission today.

“The visit was at the personal volition of the DG to explain the situation regarding allegation of corruption by a former Director of Finance and Accounts of the Agency, Mr.Ademola Mogbojuri. Since last week, some officers, who were mentioned in the allegation, had gone to the EFCC to shed light and clear the air on the mindless accusations.

“There’s nothing unusual about this but rather to applaud the DG for his courage to want to engage the recalcitrant director, who has decided to dance naked in the public and become a willing tool in the hands of the counterfeiters to infiltrate our organised system.”

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