The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has offered whistleblowers up to five per cent of recovered assets for actionable information leading to the recovery of funds and properties allegedly stashed abroad by corrupt Nigerians.
Olukoyede urged individuals with credible information on the location of Nigerian assets suspected to be proceeds of corruption anywhere in the world to approach the commission, promising financial incentives upon successful recovery.
In a statement on Wednesday, EFFC spokesman Dele Oyewale said the commission’s chairman, Ola Olukoyede, disclosed this while delivering a lecture at the 43rd International Symposium on Economic Crime in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
“I welcome all of you to the world of whistleblowing. If any one of you is privy to where Nigerian assets are stolen or taken to anywhere in the world, we have an incentive for you; between 2.5 per cent and 5 per cent, it’s going to go back to you upon recovery.
“That is an incentive we have put in place to encourage people to come forward to give information about stolen assets,” he was quoted as saying.
The EFCC chairman said the reward could turn credible whistleblowers into millionaires, depending on the value of assets recovered from the information supplied.
“You never know if you give any information here, some of you may leave this place, multi-millionaire in your lifetime,” Olukoyede said, drawing applause from participants.
