The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigation of the alleged misappropriation of the $35 million (about N56bn) meant for the Atlantic International Refinery and Petrochemical Limited (AIRPL), in Bayelsa State, may have been stalled, owing to the failure of one of the principal suspect in the alleged scam, Dr. Akindele Akintoye, to honour the anti-corruption agency’s invitation. According to sources close to the EFCC, rather than honour the invitation, Akindele sent a lawyer and traveled abroad. In May, this year, a former member of the House of Representatives, Israel…
Read More$35m Bayelsa Refinery’s Probe: Lagos oil magnate, Akindele shuns EFCC invitation, travels abroad
