
EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede has pledged that no assets recovered by the anti-graft agency will be mismanaged under his leadership. According to Punch, Olukoyede made the commitment while arguing against proposals to establish a single agency responsible for managing recovered assets, defending the EFCC's role in handling forfeited property and proceeds of crime in Nigeria.
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