Mr. Etete was grilled Friday by detectives at the EFCC head office in Abuja.
Sources in the agency, who asked not to be named because they have no permission to speak on the matter, said that Mr. Etete, who was convicted for money laundering in France in 2005, was summoned by the anti-graft commission to answer questions regarding another curious huge fund transfer to Switzerland.
The money was seized by Swiss authorities which then requested the EFCC to help call in the former oil minister for questioning.
One of our sources said Mr. Etete honoured the EFCC’s invitation on Friday and was extensively grilled extensively by operatives over that separate controversial transfer to Switzerland, and then about the curious $1.1 billion payment made to Malabu by the Jonathan administration, which the anti-graft agency has been investigating for years.
That “corruption-tainted” transfer has attracted widespread international condemnation. It was learnt that Mr. Etete arrived the EFCC headquarters in the Maitama District of Abuja at noon on Friday, and was only released on administrative bail at about 5.P.M after he made an undertaking to return for more questioning on Monday.
“He first answered questions about the new controversial Swiss transfer,” one of our sources said. “But when our men started asking him questions about the pending issue of the $1.1billion payment, he pleaded to be allowed to go gather all necessary documents concerning that transaction. So we committed him to returning here (EFCC office) on Monday.”The spokesperson for the anti-graft agency, Wilson Uwujaren, could not be reached Friday night to comment for this story.
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