EFCC recovers N84m, returns money to Edo businessman

The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has returned a draft worth N84 million to an Edo State businessman, Ekhahon Abraham, following the recovery of the funds from a woman identified as Anita Eborome.
The EFCC disclosed the development in a statement posted on its official X account on Friday, explaining that the money was recovered by its operatives from Eborome during an investigation into a land transaction.
According to the commission, Abraham had paid Eborome N84 million for a parcel of land measuring 115 feet by 135 feet in a community in Edo State.
After completing the payment, Abraham reportedly constructed a perimeter fence aroun...