Nigeria, March 19 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday returned more than N3.9 billion in recovered funds to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), following investigations into alleged fraudulent activities.

According to a statement shared with PREMIUM TIMES by EFCC's spokesperson Dele Oyewale on Wednesday, the handover ceremony took place at the anti-graft agency's headquarters in Abuja.

It said that the EFCC Secretary, Mohammed Hammajoda, represented its Chairman, Ola Olukoyede.

Mr Hammajoda explained that the recovered funds were the result of meticulous investigations into financial irregularities involving some officials within NNPC Ltd.

"On behalf of the Executive Chairman, we...