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September 29, 2019
The acting Chairman, Economic and Financial CrimesCommission, Ibrahim Magu, has called on the Theatre Commander of OperationLafiya Dole, Major General Olusegun Adeniyi, to ensure that humanitarianorganisations moving cash in the North-East secure clearance from thecommission in order to check terrorists financing.
Magu said that the EFCC had been keeping an eye onthe activities of persons and groups serving as humanitarian or aid workerswithin the region.
The commission chairman, who was represented by thehead of EFCC Maiduguri zonal office, Lawrence Iwodi, during a courtesy visit onthe Commander at Maimalari Barracks, Maiduguri, commended the efforts of thecommand in the fight against insurgency.
The EFCC boss said the agency had been monitoringundeclared cash above 1 million naira by individuals and organisations in Bornoand Yobe states, adding that the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria had alsoensured that such cash movements were reported.