The person that blew the whistle on the N13bn found in Flat 7B Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, has denied having been paid five per cent of the recovered sum.
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The Acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu was quoted by the anti-graft agency’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, on Thursday, in a statement as saying in Vienna, Austria, that the “young man” who blew the whistle had already become a millionaire.
“We are currently working on the young man because this is just a man who has not seen N1m of his own before.
“So, he is under counseling on how to make good use of the money and the security implication.
“We don’t want anything bad to happen to him after taking delivery of his entitlement. He is a national pride.”
However, a lawyer, Yakubu Galadima, who claimed to be counsel for the unnamed whistle-blower, on Friday, on the premises of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja described Magu’s claim as untrue in an interview with journalists.
Galadima said the federal government reneged on the promised five per cent to whistleblower for recovered loot to his client.
He said, “The EFCC does not even know the whereabouts of my client. He is presently living from hand to mouth having been abandoned by the commission.
“We have written to the President and even to Magu himself and we have yet to get any form of response. I even sent Magu an SMS this morning debunking the allegation that my client has been paid; but as I speak, I have yet to get a response from him.”
