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| EFCC boss, Ibrahim Lamorde |
The
United Kingdom has requested the extradition of a former Managing Director of
the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, Mr. Emmanuel Okomoyon, to
face prosecution in relation to an alleged scam involving printing of polymer
notes.
A
source at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission confided in one of our
correspondents that the process of extraditing Okomoyon to the UK was being
facilitated by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation under a
mutual agreement for legal assistance request by the British government.
The
Head of Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed on Monday
that the British government had contacted the Federal Government to have the
former Mint MD extradited.
“There
was an extradition request on him by the UK government,” he said.
It
was gathered that the EFCC had been investigating Okomoyon since 2012 on the
request of the British National Crime Agency in relation to the alleged scandal
that trailed the contract for the printing of the polymer naira notes.
