Andrew Torhile Uchi
By Our Reporter
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested Andrew Torhile Uchi, a staff in the presidency. He is currently in the the custody of assisting interrogators to unravel allegations bordering on corruption, bribery and money laundering to the tune of N10 billion.
Andrew Torhile Uchi: hands allegedly caught in the cookie jar of financial crime
Andrew Torhile Uchi: hands allegedly caught in the cookie jar of financial crime
Sources in the Commission confirmed that Uchi has been with the EFCC since Monday, following invitation extended to him upon a petition which detailed the property he acquired in Abuja, Jos, Makurdi, Gboko and Wannune in Tarka Local Government Area of Benue State, amounting to over N6 billion.
Sources further said that, investigations, so far, have confirmed that between December 2023 and date, the EFCC has been able to trace about N1.6 billion allegedly used in buying porch cars through four new generation banks to nine car dealers in Abuja, Kaduna, Lagos, Jos and Makurdi.
It was also gathered that two Bureau de Change operators are also under investigation by the EFCC for their alleged involvement in the money laundery as most of the funds credited to the embattled Torhile Andrew Uchi, emanated from their companies.
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Further checks indicated that the EFCC is working towards getting a court approval to widen the scope of their investigations to the property in Abuja, Jos and other parts of the country to ascertain the source of the income and how the property were purchased.
The sources said the embattled suspect, Uchi, was still in the custody of the EFCC and had made some confessions before his interrogators on how he allegedly got the funds which were largely believed to be proceeds from bribes.
Before he was appointed to work in the presidency, Uchi, as learnt, was a staff member at NECO.
Efforts to speak with the spokesperson of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale on the matter was unsuccessful.
