EFCC summons Ahmed Kuru, AMCON MD over corruption allegations

 

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has summoned managing director of the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Ahmed Kuru for questioning.

The development was confirmed to newsmen on Wednesday by a top official at the anti-graft agency.

According to a report by Sahara Reporters, Kuru has been accused of asset diversion and selling of seized assets to cronies at below value prices by businessmen accused of loan default with banks.

The online newspaper quoted a source at the EFCC to have claimed that Kuru was invited by the commission after confirmation of his selling assets worth billions of naira belonging to Atlantic.

According to the source, Atlantic was accused of loan default with Skye Bank and properties in collateral were seized while an action was instituted in court.

While the court case was still pending, the AMCON MD allegedly proceeded to sell the properties in dispute at a price far below the prevailing market value.

The development comes months after Kuru began his second term in office as AMCON MD.

However, Kuru in July 2021 while attending the retreat of the senate committee on banking had stated that AMCON recovered N1.48 trillion out of N4.158 trillion from bank debtors.

He had also said the agency still has 7,902 outstanding obligors with a total outstanding loan of above N3.1 trillion.