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EFCC gives Lagos Diezani’s property to use as isolation center
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday handed over a property forfeited by Diezani Allison-Madueke, to the Lagos State government for use as an isolation centre for COVID-19 patients.
The property consisting of six flats of three bedrooms and a boys’ quarter was forfeited by the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Allison-Madueke following an order of the Federal High Court in 2017.
Speaking during the handover ceremony, the Lagos Zonal Head of the EFCC, Mohammed Rabo stated that the gesture was part of the commission’s social responsibility efforts against the spread of coronavirus.
He said:
“In addition to our mandate to fight economic and financial crimes, the commission is committed and ready to render essential services that may be required of it in the fight against COVID-19.
“Therefore, Lagos State should not hesitate to call on the commission anytime the need for such an essential service arises.”
A statement by the EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said the Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, thanked the anti-graft agency for the gesture, noting that it was a welcome collaboration between the federal and the state government.
While assuring the commission that the property would be put to good use, the governor thanked the EFCC for paying attention to the efforts of the state government at containing COVID 19, adding that;
“Part of the challenges we have been facing is getting isolation centres for COVID-19 patients.”
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