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N200m PINE fraud: Babachir ‘sings song’ in EFCC custody
On the second night of his detention over alleged siphoning of at least N200 million from the Presidential Initiative for the North East by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, indications emerged that the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, was sober and responding to all issues put to him by his interrogators.
Sources within the commission said the operatives were not leaving any stone unturned in unearthing any misconduct related to the diversion of the N200 million and other scams in the PINE when Babachir held sway as the SGF.
“As we speak, the former SGF is still with our operatives telling them all that he knows about the award of the N200 million to a firm allegedly belonging to him.
“I cannot say at this point if the former government scribe would be granted administrative bail on self-recognition or not,” one of the sources told Vanguard Thursday night.
Vanguard, January 26, 2018
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