The disclosure was made by the Spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement in Abuja.
According to him, the recovery was made by the Kano office of the commission between July 2016 and July 2017.
Uwajaren said the development followed a petition against the management of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and its subsidiary, Pipelines and Product Marketing Company, PPMC.
“The EFCC, in a swift reaction, referred the petition to a special task force which swung into action by conducting a discrete investigation.
“A probe of which further led to the discovery of N258.9 billion,” he said
Uwujaren further explained that the total amount of debt stood at N349.8 billion following the latter discovery.
He said officials of NNPC/PPMC and all the managing directors of the companies concerned were invited to the Kano zonal office of the commission by preliminary investigation.
Uwujaren added that there, their statements were recorded which aided the recovery process.
He added that “So far, a sum of N328.9 billion has been recovered from the major oil marketers. The outstanding debt now stands at N20.7 billion.”
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