The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has returned ₦108 million recovered from an alleged fraud case to Greenwich Planet Sun King Nigeria Limited in Lagos. The money, handed over in bank drafts, was recovered during an investigation into allegations of abuse of office, forgery, stealing and diversion of company funds involving two former employees.
According to the EFCC, investigations showed that one of the suspects, Nkechi Gladys Megai, allegedly fled to the United Kingdom, while the other, Godson Eze, a former Chief Financial Officer of the company, allegedly used forged documents and fake invoices to divert company funds over a period of time. The Commission said the fraudulent transactions ran into several hundreds of millions of naira, adding that efforts are ongoing to bring everyone connected to the case to justice, including those who fled the country.
Speaking during the handover, the Acting Zonal Director of EFCC Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, ACE I Bawa Usman Kaltungo, said the Commission remains committed to ensuring that victims of financial crimes recover their stolen assets whenever possible. Representatives of the company thanked the EFCC for its thorough investigation and professionalism, noting that the recovered funds would help reduce the financial losses suffered. Lazeera News reports that this information was obtained from a publication on the EFCC official Facebook page.
