The North-east zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Gombe has said it received 81 petitions in the first quarter of 2019 (January to March).
The Head of Operations in the zone, Mr Michael Wetkas, disclosed this on Monday while briefing newsmen on the activities of the commission in the first quarter of 2019.
Wetkas said that out of the 81 petitions, which had been charged to court, 37 convictions were secured.
He added that more than 70 per cent of the petitions come from Gombe State alone.
The head of operations said that N55 million cash and N65 million draft were recovered, while property worth N18.8 million were forfeited to the federal government following trials before the court.
He added that two cars – a Peugeot and a Honda yet to be valued – had also been forfeited, while several properties were subject to being forfeited as trial was on-going.
According to him, the commission has also made…
