Nigeria, Oct. 6 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over N107 million recovered from a disputed land transaction to a Lagos resident who petitioned the commission after he could not take possession of the property.

In a statement on Monday, the agency's spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said it handed over the money in bank drafts to the petitioner through his lawyer, Babatunde Oni, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).

The handover took place at the EFCC's Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 office in Ikoyi, Lagos, on 30 September.

The statement revealed that the petitioner had alleged that he was defrauded in the transaction involving Adeola Ibrahim, Bolanle Bamgbose, and others.

The EFCC said the petitioner became inter...