Businesswoman and socialite, Aisha Achimugu is about to to be declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), according to reports. The anti-graft agency has obtained an arrest warrant against businesswoman Aisha Achimugu, preparatory to declaring her wanted for alleged money laundering and investment scam, according to an exclusive report by PREMIUM TIMES.
Ms Achimugu is believed to have fled Nigeria after she was billed to meet with EFCC interrogators on 5 March. Investigators discovered that she escaped from Nigeria sometimes between Thursday 6 and Friday 7 March.
The development was revealed on Sunday by top-level EFCC officials, who asked not to be named because they were not authorised to discuss the matter with the media, according to PT.
The EFCC obtained a warrant of arrest from court following the socialite’s failure to honour the commission’s invitation on 5 March.
“Achimugu would soon be declared wanted by the commission,” an EFCC source said, adding that her escape from the country was a betrayal of the benefit of doubt extended to her that she would honour the agency’s invitation earlier in the month.
Meanwhile, last week, David Abakpa, who identified himself as Ms Achimugu’s aide, launched a media campaign to preempt her arrest by the EFCC. In a widely circulated statement, he stated that he was responding to speculations on social media and on two blogs that Ms Achimugu was arrested by the EFCC.
The statement confirmed that Ms Achimugu had left the country, insisting that his boss’s arrest was the handiwork of unscrupulous elements. He further urged the public to disregard the “fake news,” adding that “Mrs Achimugu is not in the country and so could not have been arrested by the EFCC.