Detectives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has detained a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, over alleged laundered of N13billion out of N58, 146,983,677.85 in the Ecological Fund account.
He was also asked to explain how the ecological cash ended up in the accounts of about 15 companies linked with him.
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A third peg of the interrogation bordered on why Anyim collected N520million from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) on the eve of the 2015 general elections.
The reasons for the payment of the N520million were described by investigators as “unclear” as at the time of filing this report.
According to findings, Anyim, who was described as sober in custody, was said to have used two of the 15 companies to make several transfers to 37 entities.
It was learnt that the EFCC opted to arrest the ex-SGF after he failed to respond to a letter of invitation from the agency.
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