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Benue State Accounts: Court Orders EFCC To Suspend Investigation

Unic Press UK: A Federal High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to stop investigating the finance/accounts of the Benue state Government until a suit before the court is determined.

Judge Nnamdi Dimgba order Monday, follows a writ of summons filed by the Benue State Government challenging the EFCC’s moves to investigate the books of the state government.

In court, the EFCC denied investigating the Benue state accounts, insisting that its exercise had been limited to investigating some of the state government officials over serious allegations of corrupt practices – money laundering and the diversion of public funds.

The court adjourned until August 29, 2018.

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