Abba Moro faces N676m money laundering, fraud charges

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it is set to arraign the immediate past Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, for allegedly defrauding graduate applicants of N676,675,000 during the 2014 Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment during which about 20 job seekers lost their lives.



The EFCC said in a statement by its Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, on Tuesday, that a breakdown of the money implied that N1,000 was allegedly extorted from each applicant through e-payment for the online application.

To this end, the EFCC will arraign Moro on 11 counts bordering on obtaining money by false pretenses, procurement fraud and money laundering.