Nigeria, May 19 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, handed over recovered monetary exhibits totaling N837,485,389.00 to the Katsina State Government.

The EFCC's spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, in a statement said the handover followed separate investigations into two major cases involving stolen funds belonging to the state.

In the first case, the Commission recovered N547,015,389.00 following a petition from the Katsina State Government regarding the criminal diversion of nearly N1.3 billion in statutory tax remittances.

According to the official, the funds, which originated from international organisations, including the World Health Organisation (WHO), Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), and ALIMA, were allege...