The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has revealed how it recovered up to N70,556,658,370.5 within 100 days, between October 2023 and January 19, 2024.
This was disclosed in a document which stated that the commission recovered N60,969,047,634.25, $10,522,778.57, £150,002.10, €4,119.90, making a total of N70,556,658,370.5.
According to the document, the EFCC received a total of 3,325 petitions, accepted 2,657 of the petitions, and secured the convictions of 747 persons for financial crime offences ranging from money laundering to internet fraud.
A breakdown of the data shows that the EFCC headquarters alone recovered N49,607,391,330.44, $3,900,200.75, £2000, and £110.
The Maiduguri Zonal Command recovered N58,065,870 and $3,370. Gombe Command recovered N127,323,028.50 and $1,500. Kano Command recovered N141,944,451 and $365.
Makurdi Command recovered N53,228, 325. Enugu Command recovered N202,117,000 and $1,950. Uyo Command recovered N25,299,950 and $710, while Port Harcourt Zonal Command recovered N2,412,247,210.05 and $5,714,389.21.
Sokoto Command recovered the sum of N100,696,118.72, while Kaduna Command recovered N331,494,710.81, $912, £50, and €1,610.
The document also indicated that the Ilorin Command recovered N80,280,580.86 and $880, while the Abuja Zonal Command recovered N825,928,463 and $10,000.
The Ibadan Zonal Command recovered N135,519,810, $14517, £280, and €500, while the Lagos Zonal Command recovered N6,826,993,798.78, $868,284.61, £147,672.10, and €1899.90.
The EFCC, through its Benin Zonal Command, also recovered N49,515,987.09 and $5,700.