EFCC Storms Ghana For Slush Funds

As Nigeria intensifies the battle against corruption, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), takes the battle to faraway Ghana to block slush fund.
The Acting Chairman of EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu, is reported to have led detectives to Ghana to block repatriation of such funds.
The Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the EFCC Chairman, Mr. Tony Amokeodo, confirmed that Magu was in Ghana.
The anti-graft agency is also hunting for property bought with illicit cash by some Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) in Ghana and other West African countries.
The EFCC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Ghana Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) and Ghana Police Service (GPS) to track down some suspects.
Magu and the detectives arrived in Ghana with some intelligence report on huge campaign cash movement along the West Coast and a list of suspects being trailed.
It was gathered that in the last 72 hours, the EFCC delegation and the team from the EOCO of Ghana have exchanged some information.
A source, who spoke in confidence, said: “The EFCC chairman has taken the battle against the use of slush funds for campaign by candidates to Ghana and some ECOWAS countries.