Siemens scam: Yar’Adua orders EFCC to take over - Daily Sun

In a bid to get the roiling multi-billion naira Siemens bribe-for-contract scandal done with as quickly as possible, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to take over investigations into the case from the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, with immediate effect.

The ICPC, which has also given Mrs. Patricia Olubunmi Etteh, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, up till next Monday to file her defence in the house renovation scam that swept her from office, was asked to hands off the case since the matter involved was a pure money laundering affair.

An impeccable presidency source told Daily Sun that the president directed his Chief of Staff, General Abdullahi Mohammed, to communicate the decision to both agencies without delay.
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