Operatives of the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) may storm Nigeria any moment from now to effect the arrest of some of the 77 Nigerians indicted by the American security agency on Thursday for massive international fraud, money laundering,conspiracy and attempted theft of forty-six million dollars.
The Federal Government on Friday asked the indicted persons to voluntarily turn themselves in to the Americans. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Ibraham Magu, also expressed his commission’s readiness to collaborate with the American security agents to apprehend the culprits.
The FBI said 14 of the suspects have been arrested while the remaining defendants are “believed to be abroad with most of them located in Nigeria.” At a joint press conference in Abuja, on Friday, Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa described the indictment of 77 Nigerians out of a total of 80 suspects worldwide as embarrassing, vowing to put a stop to the “era of 419ers.”
Meanwhile, the pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, said that despite the high number of Igbo youths among those arrested, the law should take its course.
The National Deputy Publicity Secretary of the group, Chuks Ibegbu, however said that there is the need for the Nigerian government, to create an enabling environment for investments so that youths are engaged in gainful employment.
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