The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered N408.7million from some of the beneficiaries of the N23.29 billion bribe money doled out last year March by former oil minister, Diezani Alison Madueke to rig votes for ex-president Goodluck Jonathan.
Fidelity Bank, which has two of its chiefs in detention has refunded N49.7million, its profit from the disbursement of the N23.29billion, which was converted from $115million dollars paid by Diezani and four oil companies.
Some former and serving INEC officials in Oyo and Ogun states have also refunded N359millon, according to a report published by The Nation today.
EFCC investigators found that INEC officials in Oyo state got N802million, Ogun state N629m and Cross River N681million.
The EFCC operatives were also said to be on the trail of a former INEC chairman who was consultant to Diezani on how the bribe money should be disbursed.
He was said to have been handsomely rewarded from the largesse.