The Nigerian Police Thursday said it had succeeded in recovering monies belonging to the NNPC Brass/LNG Investment, which were supposed to be deposited in the Treasury Single Accounts (TSA) of the federal government.
According to a statement by the police, the money includes, “over four hundred and seventy million dollars belonging to NNPC Brass LNG Investment hidden in some commercial banks after the directives of the federal government on TSA.
Also recovered by the police was the sum of more than 8.8billion naira belonging to NNPC/Brass Investment that was not remitted to TSA Account of the federal government.
The Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Jimoh Moshood, who issued the statement said the move was part of efforts to recover monetary and non-monetary assets of the federal government as well as the enforcement of the Firearms Act, mopping-up and recovery of all prohibited firearms and illegally acquired weapons in the country.