The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, donated a property forfeited by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke to the Lagos State Government.
The anti graft agency said the mansion should be used as an Isolation Centre for COVID-19 patients.
The property, which consists of six flats of three bedrooms and a boys’ quarter was forfeited by Diezani following an order of Lagos State Federal High in 2017.
Speaking during the handover ceremony, the Lagos Zonal Head of the EFCC, Mohammed Rabo, said the gesture was part of the commission’s social responsibility efforts towards the fight against the spread of Coronavirus.
Beyond fighting economic and financial crimes, he said the commission was prepared to offer essential services.
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“In addition to our mandate to fight economic and financial crimes, the Commission is committed and ready to render essential services that may be required of it in the fight against COVID-19.
“Therefore, Lagos State should not hesitate to call on the Commission anytime the need for such essential service arises,” he said.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu who received the documents to the mansion, thanked the commission for the gesture, which he described as a welcome collaboration between the Federal and Lagos State Government.
Sanwo-Olu assured that that the property would be put to good use.
“Part of the challenges we have been facing is getting isolation centres for COVID-19 patients. We will go round the facility to see what we can do to improve on it”, the governor said.
