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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) might re-open the N100b fraud investigation involving a former Governor of Rivers state, Peter Odili. According to reports, Justice Ibrahim Buba granted Odili’s request for an injunction restraining the EFCC from probing alleged corrupt practices during his eight year tenure as Governor. The anti-graft agency had earlier expressed hope that the ex-Governor’s case would be re-opened in 2015, because the Criminal Justice Administration Act removed every hindrance to the prosecution of corrupt officials. Speaking on the issue, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes, Senator Chukwuka Utazi, revealed that the lawmakers will amend the EFCC Act. According to Vanguard, Utazi said the Act, if amended, will empower the anti-graft agency to go after ex-Governor Odili.
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