Thisday Publisher, Nduka Obaigbena Reportedly Returns N350 m To EFCC

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The Publisher and Editor in chief of Thisday Newspaper, Nduka Obaigbena, has reportedly returned the sum of N350m to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), according to a reports.

 This represents more than half of the N670m he is believed to have received from the office of former national security adviser, Sambo Dasuki.

 Obaigbena was said to have paid the money to the anti-graft agency on Tuesday, February 2. Of the N670m, Obaigbena revealed that N120m was given to the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria as compensation for losses incurred during the military clampdown on newspaper houses in 2015 while N550m was given to Thisday newspaper as compensation for the 2013 bombing of the Thisday premises in Kaduna and Abuja.

 He made the aforementioned disclosures to the Special Task Force of the EFCC, investigating the issue of arms procurement under the Goodluck Jonathan administration.

The anti-graft agency subsequently released him, after signing an undertaking to refund the money in two weeks.

 A top operative of the EFCC was quoted to have said that Obaigbena would pay an outstanding N200m next week, after the initial payment of N350m.

 “The Publisher of ThisDay Newspaper, Mr. Nduka Obaigbena, has returned N350m out of the N670m he received from the ONSA.”

 “The Publisher is expected to return the rest N200m next week. You know that he signed an undertaking to return the money before they released him.

That undertaking expires on Tuesday next week.” Obaigbena’s 14-day period of grace to repay the money he received from Dasuki’s office, expires next week Tuesday, February 9.

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  1. Robert23 July 2016 at 02:57

    I wonder how you come with these kinds of topics… These are the kind of article that should be read. thisday newspaper

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