Between 2015 and 2018, the officials are believed to have been engaged in the looting of N117 billion in public funds.

According to the EFCC in a statement (including pictures of the suspects) released on its website which was signed by the spokesperson of the anti-graft commission, Wilson Uwujaren, the officials are identified as a 43-year-old Director of Finance of the Rivers State Government, Fubara Siminayi, Lekia V. Bukpor, Dagogo Rodderick Abere, and the only woman among them, Harrisonba Bessi Princewill, a cashier.

The EFCC said the suspects, “in their capacity as signatories to the Rivers State Government account, are alleged to have acted as proxies to several government officials, conspired and fraudulently withdrew and diverted the sum between 2015 and 2018.”

Others among the 59 people listed on the EFCC website are accused of money laundering, internet-related fraud, and the issuing of forged checks, among other things.

The EFCC urged anybody with information on how to track down the suspects to call their local EFCC office, the police station, or other security authorities.

All of the accused are from Rivers State, according to reports.