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EFCC detains airline’s chief executive over hajj scam

By Sodiq Omolaoye, Abuja
01 February 2022   |   3:36 am
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has taken into custody, the Managing Director of Medview Airline, Muneer Bankole.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has taken into custody, the Managing Director of Medview Airline, Muneer Bankole.

He was reportedly detained yesterday at the headquarters of the anti-graft agency in Jabi, Abuja. A source familiar with the case disclosed that Bankole, who arrived the EFCC complex at 11:00a.m. yesterday, was invited by the commission over a case of alleged diversion of 50 percent of funds paid to him by the National Hajj Commission and additional $900,000 for the airlifting of pilgrims in 2019.

He allegedly received the funds as mobilisation, but did not execute the contract. When contacted, EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the arrest. The Guardian couldn’t confirm if the Medview MD would spend the night at the commission. 

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